Past and Present

Year: 1972

Runtime: 115 mins

Language: Portuguese

Director: Manoel de Oliveira

ComedyDrama

An avant‑garde portrait of Portugal’s idle classes, Manoel de Oliveira sets the drama in a spacious country house where a widowed matriarch receives condolences for her husband’s death. She goes upstairs, meets his ghost, and faces his accusations about the past. The encounters expose the petty, self‑serving and romantic motives of the eclectic guests and servants sharing the home.

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