Kenji
27Apr13
Well said!
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Aguaespejo
26Apr13
A burning Jamesian masterpiece whose gaze lays bare every motion of the sensitive soul groping towards its decisive act, a metaphysical affirmation that is simultaneously a material loss. As in the Master's middle works like Spoils of Poynton or What Maisie Knew, the growth of insight is searingly painful and the reader as co-agonist shares the pain. Ah that blinding light in the end!
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Matt Richards
25Apr13
Play-based, shot almost entirely within the kitchen of a peasant home in the early 1900's, it's Incredibly clever in approach. Oliveira (104), the oldest living director on the planet engages many of the techniques used in theatre, honing in on the repetition of words and action in particular to create a tongue-in-cheek look at the lengths we go to protect our loved ones from the harsh truths of life. 3 stars
Pedro Ponte
14Apr13
The human condition, stripped down to its very essence, no distractions, between four walls.
Tiago Costa
5Jan13
The last shot and words hit you like a grenade - one can't describe the depth of emotion and thought concentrated in a single freeze. Beautiful actors. And a 103 year-old genius thinking the world with a freedom and boldness of vision that unfortunately is getting more and more rare in younger directors.
Tiago Costa
5Jan13
The most violent film of this decade.The whole world and its values crumbling down in one room.To reach cosmic resonance through only the utmost necessary elements and movements in the mise en scène; one that echoes profoundly, beat by beat, in an evoked offscreen - its time and light modulation keeping everything (and everyone) within a step from death.
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lakdi ka ravan, menencorio, Leandro Schonfelder, Miguel Ferreira
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Spoiler
18Oct12
Lição de moral, lição de vida, lição de cinema: Na casa do velho Gebo, em torno da velha mesa, entre o café e a penumbra, Michael Lonsdale, Claudia Cardinale, Jeanne Moreau e Luís Cintra se reúnem para conversar o velho mundo. Grandes artistas. Velhos amigos. Para celebrar o milagre do mundo que é Manoel de Oliveira que viu o cinema mudo, viu o cinema em P&B e filma e filma e filma, todo ano, uma nova obra-prima.
Stephane Tanaka
30Sep12
long and boring static shots, no scenography, and uninteresting long dialogues. pure overrated director de Oliveiria shit! it's time to rest mr 104 year old!
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Miguel Ferreira
2Oct12
... I know a lot of people who doesn't like De Oliveira's cinema. But uninteresting long dialogues? What was your attention grade during the movie? The actuality and the importance of the Brandão's play is impressive.
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Stephane Tanaka
4Oct12
that's the main problem! impossible to stay attentive more than 5 minutes! if you have the secret to undergo 100 minutes of empty dialogues with lots of attention and can get the one sentence that makes all the depth of the text, tell me! (btw a play should'nt be played live on stage?)(a cinematographic adaptation may be awesome, but not if filmed like a stage play)
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Renata Curado
19Sep12
valeu a pena correr o risco de ser assaltada etc só para ver isto e ouvir umas palavrinhas do Manoel
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Kenji
28May12
Like all Oliveira films, one i'm looking forward to seeing. At 103 he still has another on the go. The combined ages of the leads Lonsdale, Moreau, Cardinale and director himself must be some sort of record. Add Leonor Silveira and the cast alone is extremely enticing
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