A Talking Picture
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- Drama
- History
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 31, 2003
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Spoken languages
- English, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese
- Countries
- Portugal, Italy, France
- Cast
- Leonor Silveira,Filipa de Almeida,John Malkovich,Catherine Deneuve,Stefania Sandrelli,Irene Papas,Luís Miguel Cintra,Ricardo Trêpa,Júlia Buisel,David Cardosoand 1 more
- Director
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Writer
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Producer
- Paulo Branco
- Cinematography
- Emmanuel Machuel
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $20,312
- IMDb
- tt0364093