A Talking Picture

Original title: Um Filme Falado

• 2003
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• 1h 36m
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• 12

• Drama
• History

★ 6.7 TMDB Rating · 50 votes

A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and the Indian Ocean. On board and on day trips in Marseilles, Pompeii, Athens, Istanbul, and Cairo, a professor tells her young daughter about myth, history, religion, and wars. Men approach her; she's cool, on her way to her husband in Bombay. After Cairo, for two evenings divided by a stop in Aden, the captain charms three successful, famous (and childless) women, who talk with wit and intellect, each understanding the others' native tongue, a European union. The captain asks mother and child to join them. He gives the girl a gift. Helena sings. Life can be sweet.

Director

Manoel de Oliveira

Release date

Aug 31, 2003

Original language

Portuguese

Origin

Portugal