A Talking Picture

A Talking Picture by Manoel de Oliveira

7.10

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.

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Cast

Leonor Silveira

Leonor Silveira as Rosa Maria

Filipa de Almeida

Filipa de Almeida as Maria Joana

John Malkovich

John Malkovich as Comandante John Walesa

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve as Delfina

Stefania Sandrelli

Stefania Sandrelli as Francesca

Irene Papas

Irene Papas as Helena

Luís Miguel Cintra

Luís Miguel Cintra as Himself

Ricardo Trêpa

Ricardo Trêpa as Oficial

Júlia Buisel

Júlia Buisel as Amiga de Delfina

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