The story
A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and the Indian Ocean. On board and on day trips in Marseilles, Pompeii, Athens, Istanbul, and Cairo, a professor tells her young daughter about myth, history, religion, and wars. Men approach her; she's cool, on her way to her husband in Bombay. After Cairo, for two evenings divided by a stop in Aden, the captain charms three successful, famous (and childless) women, who talk with wit and intellect, each understanding the others' native tongue, a European union. The captain asks mother and child to join them. He gives the girl a gift. Helena sings. Life can be sweet.
Cast & crew
Leonor SilveiraRosa Maria
Filipa de AlmeidaMaria Joana
John MalkovichComandante John Walesa
Catherine DeneuveDelfina
Stefania SandrelliFrancesca
Irene PapasHelena
Luís Miguel CintraHimself
Ricardo TrêpaOficial
Júlia BuiselAmiga de Delfina
Manoel de OliveiraExplore the crew
- Director
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Writer
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Producer
- Paulo Branco
- Editor
- Valérie Loiseleux
- Director of Photography
- Emmanuel Machuel