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Ignoring the alarmed advice of his noblemen and counselors, young King Sebastian fuels his religious obsession to go to war with the Muslims. They warn that Portugal can’t afford it, but he brushes them off. Even his mother, Queen Catarina, cannot sway his fervor to fight the infidels, expand his kingdom and achieve glory. A mysterious figure called the Holy Cobbler challenges his fanatical ideas, calling down ghostly voices to talk to him. But he is no wiser the next morning.

Manoel de Oliveira - (2004) The Fifth Empire.mkv

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Runtime: 	2h 6mn
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https://nitro.download/view/786A17F56A166F0/Manoel_de_Oliveira_-_(2004)_The_Fifth_Empire.mkv

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English

The post Manoel de Oliveira – O Quinto Império – Ontem Como Hoje AKA The Fifth Empire (2004) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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This Proustian documentary, made when Oliveira was 93 years old, explores the great Portuguese film-maker’s relationship with his home town, Oporto, the place which inspired his first film Douro, Faina Fluvial way back in 1931. Using old photographs and newsreels with dramatic reconstructions, he offers a vivid portrait of a city caught between the old and the new. When he was a child, Oporto didn’t even have proper cinemas, film shows were improvised in sheds, Oliveira (born 1908) recalls. Most of the landmarks familiar from his youth have vanished. The brothels and cafés where he and his artist friends used to while away their days are long since closed. Even the house where he grew up is in ruins. The city I remember only remains alive in my sad memory, he sadly reflects. Poignant and playful, this is one of the old master’s most accessible late films.

947MB | 1h 00m | 999×562 | mkv

https://nitroflare.com/view/DBC79B533DB87D0/Manoel_de_Oliveira_-_(2001)_Porto_of_My_Childhood.mkv

Language:Portuguese
Subtitles:English

The post Manoel de Oliveira – Porto da Minha Infância AKA Porto of My Childhood (2001) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Venice Film Festival wrote:
The film was made upon the invitation of the Serralves Foundation in Porto for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Foundation and the 10th anniversary of its Museum. A reflection on the Painéis de São Vicente de Fora, a 16th-century masterpiece attributed to Nuno Gonçalves.

Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo wrote:
Uma reflexão pessoal de Manoel de Oliveira sobre os Painéis de São Vicente de Fora, obra do século 16 do pintor Nuno Gonçalves e uma das mais célebres e misteriosas pinturas da história da arte em Portugal, reconhecida como referência entre todas as representações da sociedade portuguesa pré-colonizadora. Filmado no Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, em Lisboa, o filme constrói um quadro vivo com atores que representam as figuras retratadas nos Painéis, na sala do Museu onde eles se encontram expostos.

226MB | 15:12.404 | 704×384 | avi

https://nitro.download/view/7FCFCB286F99BFD/Paineis_de_Sao_Vicente_de_Fora_-_Visao_Poetica.avi
http://www.nitroflare.com/view/C7B8C8801E35F7A/Paineis_de_Sao_Vicente_de_Fora_-_Visao_Poetica.srt

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English (.srt)

The post Manoel de Oliveira – Painéis de São Vicente de Fora – Visão Poética AKA Painéis de São Vicente de Fora – Poetic Vision (2010) first appeared on Cinema of the World.