Directed by:
Manoel de OliveiraScreenplay:
Manoel de OliveiraCinematography:
Emmanuel MachuelCast:
Leonor Silveira, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve, Stefania Sandrelli, Irene Papas, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trêpa, Filipa de Almeida, Ilias Logothetis (more)Plots(1)
In July of 2001, eight-year-old Maria Joana embarks on an ocean cruise from her native Portugal to Bombay, India accompanied by her mother, history professor Rosa Maria (Leonor Silveira). But as three mysterious and glamorous women, each played by a world-renowned film legend, board first at Marseilles (Catherine Deneuve), Naples (Stefania Sandrelli) and Athens (Irene Papas), their picturesque journey begins to grow in tension and complexity. When ship captain John Walesa (John Malkovich) hosts a unique summit between these three international graces, the table is literally set to transform A TALKING PICTURE from a genial melancholic history lesson into an incendiary contemporary news flash. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Leonor Silveira
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
John From (2015)
John Malkovich
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1992)
Changeling (2008)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Catherine Deneuve
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Stefania Sandrelli
Italy
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
The Family (1987)
Irene Papas
Greece
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Z (1969)
Alexis Zorbas (1964)
Luís Miguel Cintra
Spain
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
Ricardo Trêpa
Portugal
Best movies:
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
Centro Histórico (2012)
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Filipa de Almeida
Best movies:
A Talking Picture (2003)
Ilias Logothetis
Greece
Best movies:
Landscape in the Mist (1988)
The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991)
A Talking Picture (2003)
Nikos Hatzopoulos
Best movies:
Worlds Apart (2015)
Miss Violence (2013)
A Talking Picture (2003)