''The Divine Comedy'' (A Divina Comédia) is a 1991 Portuguese drama film directed by

Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about Wo ...

. It was screened in competition at the

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

Venice Film Festival, in which it won the Special Jury Prize.

Cast

* Maria de Medeiros as Sónia *

Miguel Guilherme Miguel Guilherme (born 15 November 1958) is a Portuguese actor. He appeared in more than seventy films since 1980. Selected filmography References External links * 1958 births Living people People from Lisbon Portuguese male film ...

as Raskolnikov *

Luís Miguel Cintra Luís Miguel Valle Cintra (born 29 April 1949) is a Portuguese actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1970. In 1973 Cintra founded the Teatro da Cornucópia with Jorge Silva Melo. Selected filmography * ''A Ilha dos Amores'' (1982) ...

as Prophet *

Mário Viegas Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Greek, and English form of the Latin Roman name Marius. In Croatia, the name Mario was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1970 and 1999, and ...

as Philosopher *

Leonor Silveira Leonor da Silveira Moreno e Lemos Gomes (born 28 October 1970) is a Portuguese film actress who made her film debut in '' The Cannibals'' for director Manoel de Oliveira in 1988. She appeared in most of Oliveira's subsequent films. She is the d ...

as Eva *

Diogo Dória Diogo Dória (born 16 April 1953) is a Portuguese film actor who has worked in France and Portugal and is most associated with his films for director Manoel de Oliveira. Selected filmography * 1981 ''Francisca'' * 1985 ''The Satin Slipper'' * 19 ...

as Ivan *

Paulo Matos Paulo Gomes de Matos (born 25 January 1984) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward. Club career On 19 June 2005, Matos debuted for São Paulo alongside future Brazil international Hernanes, scoring in a 1–0 win against Botaf ...

as Jesus

References

External links

* 1991 films French drama films 1990s Portuguese-language films 1991 drama films Films directed by Manoel de Oliveira Films produced by Paulo Branco Venice Grand Jury Prize winners Portuguese drama films 1990s French films {{Portugal-film-stub