Sad but true: Marcello Mastroianni's swan song is a snore. This lumbering film by Portuguese auteur Manoel de Oliviera largely squanders Mastroanni's talent and the viewer's time. Manoel (Mastroianni) is an aging Portuguese movie director
who long ago emigrated to France, but has returned to Portugal to make a film. He accompanies his star, a famous French actor named Afonso (Jean-Yves Gautier), who's also of Portuguese ancestry, on a trip to the village where Afonso's father was born and where Afonso's aunt Maria (Isabel de
Castro) still lives. Also along for the ride are Afonso's costar Judite (Leonor Silveira) and Duarte (Diogo Doria), their translator and drive...
Released:
1997
Rated:
NR
Length:
95 mins