The Artist and the City

Year: 1956

Runtime: 26 mins

Language: Portuguese

Director: Manoel de Oliveira

Documentary

Painter António Cruz roams Porto, sketching everything his eye catches—historic façades beside sleek modern structures, factory workers arriving and departing, children at play. His impressionist‑realist drawings merge with Oliveira’s lyrical portrait of the city, reflecting both the urban landscape and Cruz’s artistic process.

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