
Born in Porto, Portugal, in 1908. Before being a director, he was a race driver and athlete. Made his first short film, the silent picture, “Douro, Faina Fluvial”, in 1931. In the 1940s, he became a winemaker. He returned to cinema in the 1970s with authorial films that made him one of the most important directors in history. Oliveira had all of his movies since “Ill-Fated Love” (1978, 3rd Mostra) presented at Mostra. He gained a complete retrospective of his work at the 15th Mostra, in 1991, and at the 29th Mostra, in 2005. He won the Mostra’s Special Festival Award with “The Cannibals” (1988, 12nd Mostra), the critics’ prize for “Abraham’s Valley” (1993, 17th Mostra) and “I’m Going Home” (2001, 25th Mostra), and the Humanity Award for the ensemble of his work (2004, 28th Mostra). Furthermore, he also directed the segment “From Visible to Invisible”, part of the film “Invisible World” (2011, 35th Mostra), produced by Mostra. He died in 2015 at the age of 106.
Historic Centre
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Blind Mans’s Bluff
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Blind Mans’s Bluff
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The Letter
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The Letter
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Passion of Christ/Rite of Spring
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Ill Fated Love
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Ill Fated Love
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Aniki Bóbó
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Aniki Bóbó
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Aniki Bóbó
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As Pinturas Do Meu Irmão Júlio
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Benilde or the Virgin Mother
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To Each His Own Cinema
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Christopher Columbus: the Enigma
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Magic Mirror
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Famalicão
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Party
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Hulha Branca
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Anxiety
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Meu Caso
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Invisible World
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Invisible World
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No, or the Vain Glory of Command
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O Acto Da Primavera
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The Convent
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The Day of Despair
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The Strange Case of Angelica
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The Strange Case of Angelica
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My Case
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O Pão
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The Uncertainty Principle
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The Uncertainty Principle
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Le Soulier de Satin
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The Cannibals
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Panels of São Vicente de Fora, Poetic Vision
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Word and Utopia
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Party
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Oporto of My Childhood
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Oporto of My Childhood
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Portugal Já Faz Automóveis
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Seleção Manoel de Oliveira 1
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Seleção Manoel de Oliveira 2
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Belle Toujours
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Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl
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A Talking Picture
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Viagem Ao Princípio Do Mundo
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I’m Going Home
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Do Visível Ao Invisível
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The Gebo And The Shadow
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The Gebo And The Shadow
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The Old Man of Belem
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Memories and Confessions
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Memories and Confessions
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Abraham’s Valley
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Voyage to the Beginning of the World
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