2003/08/31 (US) | Drama, History
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.
Manoel de Oliveira
Director
Leonor Silveira
Rosa Maria
Filipa de Almeida
Maria Joana
John Malkovich
Comandante John Walesa
Catherine Deneuve
Delfina
Stefania Sandrelli
Francesca
Irene Papas
Helena
Luís Miguel Cintra
Himself
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$ 20,312
Released
Manoel de Oliveira
Writer
Paulo Branco
Producer
Emmanuel Machuel
Director of Photography
Valérie Loiseleux
Editor
Zé Branco
Production Design
Isabel Branco
Costume Design
Philippe Morel
Sound Designer