logo

Home

Movies

TV shows

Sign In

HOMEMOVIESTV-SHOWSABOUTWATCHLIST
homemoviestv-showsaboutwatchlist

Powered by

TMDB website logo

© 2025 Filmverse

The 15th Stone

10/26/2007

|

2hrs 1min

|

Documentary

Manoel de Oliveira and João Bénard da Costa in a conversation filmed by Rita Azevedo Gomes

STORY

Joáo Bénard da Costa, director of the Portuguese National Film Archives [deceased in 2009], interviews the dean of contemporaneous film directors [96-years-old then]. Two humanists of different philosophical backgrounds, both with their long, entire lives dedicated to culture in general (music, painting, literature) and to film in particular, discuss freely, sometimes haltingly, the director's power as a creator or a magician, the philosophy beyond particular scenes in classic movies, film technique, the importance of color, sound and music to films, art versus entertainment, and much more. Their talk takes place in a museum room, seating in front of "The Annunciation" (a 1510 oil painting by João Vaz, a Portuguese artist), which eventually leads to a discussion of 'Leonardo da Vinci', and the relationship between a trend-setter master and his disciples.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Manoel de Oliveira
  • João Bénard da Costa

    Director

  • Rita Azevedo Gomes

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Portugal

LANGUAGES

  • Portuguese

Cast

João Bénard da Costa

Himself

movies like The 15th Stone

Blow-Up

Blow-Up

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

Green Book

Green Book

Godzilla Minus One

Godzilla Minus One

Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Ragnarok

Thor: Ragnarok

Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

Knives Out

Knives Out

Annihilation

Annihilation

Saint Maud

Saint Maud

Get Out

Get Out

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Venom

Venom

Jungle Cruise

Jungle Cruise

Free Guy

Free Guy

Nosferatu

Nosferatu

Parasite

Parasite

The Last Duel

The Last Duel

Fight Club

Fight Club

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman