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A Talking Picture

08/31/2003

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1hr 36min

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Drama

,History

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

    Cast

  • Leonor Silveira
  • Filipa de Almeida
  • John Malkovich
  • Catherine Deneuve
  • Stefania Sandrelli

    Director

  • Manoel de Oliveira

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • France 2 Cinéma
  • Gemini Films
  • Madragoa Filmes
  • Mikado Film

    Production Countries

  • Portugal
  • Italy
  • France

LANGUAGES

  • French
  • Greek
  • English
  • Italian
  • Portuguese

Cast

Leonor Silveira

Rosa Maria

Filipa de Almeida

Maria Joana

John Malkovich

Comandante John Walesa

Catherine Deneuve

Delfina

Stefania Sandrelli

Francesca

Irene Papas

Helena

Luís Miguel Cintra

Himself

Ricardo Trêpa

Oficial

Júlia Buisel

Amiga de Delfina

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