''Voyage to the Beginning of the World'' ( pt, Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo, french: Voyage au début du monde) is a 1997 Portuguese-French drama film directed by
Manoel de Oliveira and starring
Marcello Mastroianni.
The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
70th Academy Awards
The 70th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 23, 1998, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the sh ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences] It was Mastroianni's final film.
Plot
French actor Afonso visits the Portuguese village where his father once left. He is accompanied by the film director Manoel who hereby returns to the places of his childhood. Together with two other actors who serve as translators they make it to the remote village and meet Afonso's estranged kin.
Cast
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Marcello Mastroianni as Manoel
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Jean-Yves Gautier as Afonso
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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 ...
as Judite
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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''
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as Duarte
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Isabel de Castro
Isabel Maria Bastos Osório de Castro e Oliveira (August 1, 1931 – November 23, 2005) was a Portuguese film actress.
Biography
She was born in the capital Lisbon in 1931 to José Osório de Castro e Oliveira (Setúbal, 27 January 1900 - Lisbon ...
as Maria Afonso
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Cécile Sanz de Alba as Christina
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José Pinto as José Afonso
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Adelaide Teixeira as Woman
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Isabel Ruth
Isabel Ruth (born 6 April 1940) is a Portuguese actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1963. She starred in '' River of Gold'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Selected filmogr ...
as Olga
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Manoel de Oliveira as Driver
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José Maria Vaz da Silva as Assistant
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Fernando Bento as Man 1
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Mário Moutinho as Man 2
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Jorge Mota as Man 3
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Sara Alves as Girl
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Helder Esteves as Boy
Accolades
The film was screened out of competition at the
1997 Cannes Film Festival
The 50th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 May 1997. The Palme d'Or was jointly awarded to '' Ta'm e guilass'' by Abbas Kiarostami and ''Unagi'' by Shohei Imamura. Jeanne Moreau was the mistress of ceremonies.
The festival opened with ...
where it won the
FIPRESCI Prize
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...
.
See also
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References
External links
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1997 films
1997 drama films
1990s Portuguese-language films
1990s French-language films
European Film Awards winners (films)
Films directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Films produced by Paulo Branco
Portuguese multilingual films
French multilingual films
1990s French films
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