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''Manoel's Destinies'' (french: Les destins de Manoel) is a 1984 French-Portuguese
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fantasy film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It was edited down from the three-part
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''Manuel on the Island of Wonders '' (french: Manoel dans l'île des merveilles).


Cast

* Ruben de Freitas as Manoel (7yo) * Teresa Madruga as Manoel's Mother * Fernando Heitor as Manoel's Father * Marco Paulo de Freitas as Manoel (13yo) * Diogo Dória as Captain Araujo * Cecília Guimarães * Vasco Pimentel * José de Freitas * Aurélie Chazelle * Miguel Silva * Pedro M. Ruivo


Further reading

* Goddard, Michael (2013); ''The Cinema of Raúl Ruiz: Impossible Cartographies.'' Wallflower Press, pp. 82–83. * Solomon, Stefan (2017); "Education, destiny, and national identity in Raúl Ruiz's ''Manoel on the Island of Wonders''" in Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Emma Wilson, Sarah Wright (eds.) ''Childhood and Nation in Contemporary World Cinema: Borders and Encounters'', Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 147–159.


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* 1984 films 1984 fantasy films 1980s French-language films French fantasy films Films directed by Raúl Ruiz Films produced by Paulo Branco French avant-garde and experimental films 1980s avant-garde and experimental films 1980s French films Films scored by Jorge Arriagada {{fantasy-film-stub