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Voyage to the Beginning of the World is a portugais film of genre Drama directed by Manoel de Oliveira released in USA on 26 june 1998 with Marcello Mastroianni
Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997)
Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo
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Add to a movie listVoyage to the Beginning of the World (Portuguese: 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, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was Mastroianni's final film.
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French actor Alfonso visits the Portuguese village where his father once left. He is accompagnied 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 the estranged kin.Actors
Marcello Mastroianni
(Manoel)
Jean-Yves Gautier
(Afonso)
Leonor Silveira
(Judite)
Leonor Silveira
(Judite)
Diogo Dória
(Duarte)
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