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6.8/10   306 votes
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Director:
Manoel de Oliveira
Writers:
Manoel de Oliveira (scenario and dialogue)
Jacques Parsi (translation: French)
Contact:
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Release Date:
26 June 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Plot:
Manoel is aging film director who travels with the film crew through Portugal in search of the origins of Afonso... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
5 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Time travelling in a car and Portugal. more (3 total)

Cast

  (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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
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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Runtime:
Argentina:95 min | Netherlands:93 min | Portugal:95 min | USA:91 min
Country:
Portugal | France
Language:
French | Portuguese
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T
Filming Locations:
Alto Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Company:
Madragoa Filmes more

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Featured in Especial Cannes: 50 Anos de Festival (1997) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Litanies du feu et de la mer more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Time travelling in a car and Portugal., 26 April 2000
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Author: margarita nikolaevna (hitch1899_@hotmail.com) from moscow, russia

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.

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