Manoel De Oliveira
Biography
Born 12/12/1908
This preeminent Portuguese filmmaker began his career as an actor and documentary filmmaker in the 1920s and turned to fictional works in 1942. When his first feature, the brilliantly photographed children's film "Aniki-Bo" failed to find an audience, he retreated for close to 15 years before...
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Awards
- In 1999, received Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize
- In 1997, received European Film Academy FIPRESCI Prize
- In 1994, received Luchino Visconti Award
Highlights
- In 2007, Helmed "Belle Toujours," an eccentric sequel to "Belle de Jour" with Bulle Ogier in the Catherine Deneuve role
- In 2004, Helmed the dark comedy "Um Filme Falado/A Talking Picture"
- In 1999, At age 90, modernized "La Princess de Cleves" as "A Carta/La lettre/The Letter", starring Chiara Mastroianni as a woman struggling to retain her virtue in contemporary society
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