[Michel Piccoli with Manoel de Oliveira at Cannes.]

Ranked.

Tier One
Um Filme Falado/A Talking Picture (2003)
Porto da Minha Infância/Porto of My Childhood
Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura/Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl (2009)

Tier Two
Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo / Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997)
Inquietude/Anxiety (1998)
Vale Abraão/Abraham’s Valley (1993)
A Divina Comédia (1991)
Douro, Faina Fluvial/Working on the Douro River (1931)
Amor de Perdição: Memórias de uma Família (1979)
The Strange Case of Angelica
Belle toujours (2006)
La Lettre (1999)

Tier Three
‘Non’, ou A Vã Glória de Mandar/No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
Je rentre à la maison/I’m Going Home (2001)
A Caixa (1994) not in database
As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio (1965) not in database
O Convento (1995)

Overall, Manoel de Oliveira is one of the most interesting directors working today. Not only is he a little offbeat, his endings are often surprising, because he won’t patronize the audience or necessarily give them what they want. Currently, he is the oldest working director at 101. This guy just won’t quit and is as active as ever. I encourage you to delve into his work.

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