Voyage to the Beginning of the World

Overview

Manoel is an aging film director who travels with the film crew through Portugal in search of the origins of Afonso, a famous French actor whose father emigrated from Portugal to France and in process remembers his own youth.

Release date

May 16, 1997

Rating

6.6 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 35 minutes

Genres

Drama

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni
As Manoel
Jean-Yves Gautier
As Afonso
Leonor Silveira
As Judite
Diogo Dória
As Duarte
Isabel de Castro
As Maria Afonso
Cécile Sanz de Alba
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As Cristina
José Pinto
As José Afonso
Adelaide Teixeira
As Senhora
Isabel Ruth
As Olga
Manoel de Oliveira
As Driver
José Maria Vaz da Silva
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As Assistente
Fernando Bento
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As Homem 1
Mário Moutinho
As Homem 2
Jorge Mota
As Homem 3
Sara Alves
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As Menina
Helder Esteves
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As Menino

Crew

Manoel de Oliveira
Role: Director
Manoel de Oliveira
Role: Writer
Zé Branco
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Role: Production Design
Valérie Loiseleux
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Role: Editor
Jean-François Auger
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Role: Sound Mixer
Emmanuel Nuñes
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Role: Music
Dante Trani
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Role: Key Makeup Artist
Renato Berta
Role: Director of Photography
Paulo Branco
Role: Producer
Isabel Favila
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Role: Costume Design
Ana Lorena
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Role: Makeup Artist
Davide Trani
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Role: Assistant Makeup Artist
Élisabeth Bocquet
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Role: Production Manager
António Gonçalo
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Role: Production Manager
Paula Ribas
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Role: Production Secretary
João Milagre
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Role: Second Assistant Director
José Maria Vaz da Silva
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Role: First Assistant Director
Fernando Areal
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Role: Property Master
Nicolas Becker
Role: Foley Artist
Michel Filippi
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Role: ADR Supervisor
Pedro Melo
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Role: Boom Operator
Jean-Paul Mugel
Role: Sound
Peer Menke
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Role: Steadicam Operator
Jacques Monge
Role: Steadicam Operator
Paulo Miguel Rosa
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Role: Grip
Pierre-Yves Artaud
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Role: Musician
Fabrice Bollon
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Role: Conductor
Gérard Buquet
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Role: Musician
Ernesto Molinari
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Role: Musician
Claire Talibart
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Role: Musician
Júlia Buisel
Role: Continuity
Pedro Madeira
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Role: Production Assistant
Jacques Parsi
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Role: Translator