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Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo (1997)
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26 June 1998 (USA)
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Manoel is aging film director who travels with the film crew through Portugal in search of the origins of Afonso...
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Time travelling in a car and Portugal.
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Marcello Mastroianni | ... | Manoel | |
| Jean-Yves Gautier | ... | Afonso | |
| Leonor Silveira | ... | Judite | |
| Diogo Dória | ... | Duarte | |
| Isabel de Castro | ... | Maria Afonso | |
| Cécile Sanz de Alba | ... | Christina | |
| José Pinto | ... | José Afonso | |
| Adelaide Teixeira | ... | Senhora | |
| Isabel Ruth | ... | Olga | |
| Manoel de Oliveira | ... | Driver | |
| José Maria Vaz da Silva | ... | Assistente | |
| Fernando Bento | ... | Homem 1 | |
| Mário Moutinho | ... | Homem 2 | |
| Jorge Mota | ... | Homem 3 | |
| Sara Alves | ... | Menina |
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Journey to the Beginning of the World
Voyage au début du monde (France)
Voyage to the Beginning of the World (USA)
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Voyage au début du monde (France)
Voyage to the Beginning of the World (USA)
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Argentina:95 min | Netherlands:93 min | Portugal:95 min | USA:91 min
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Featured in Especial Cannes: 50 Anos de Festival (1997) (TV)
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Litanies du feu et de la mer
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The title echoes Jules Verne and suggests science fiction, and this is exactly what we get as two filmmakers with very different backgrounds explore their Portuguese past with friends. There are no special effects or gimmicks, just actors and a car, but throughout we sense an entry into another dimension - by simply placing his camera in the back of a car, de Oliveira conflates past, present, future as our heroes go time travelling, journeying into a landscape alien and forgotten, another dimension guarded by a totem carrier, and encompassing history, mythology, literature and folklore.
JOURNEY has many themes - the past, cinema, politics, modernity and tradition - but it is really about the difference between banal objectivity and magical subjectivity. For fans of Chris Marker and VERTIGO especially, take this adventure with only de Oliveira's irony to guide you.