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Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1997 · 95 mins · Portuguese
- Starring
- Marcello Mastroianni, Manoel de Oliveira, Diogo Dória, Leonor Silveira, Isabel Ruth, Jorge Mota
Manoel, an aging director, leads his film crew on a road‑trip across Portugal, tracing the roots of Afonso—a celebrated French actor whose father emigrated from Portugal to France. As they follow Afonso’s origins, Manoel is drawn into vivid recollections of his own youth, reflecting on identity, memory, and the ties that bind past and present.
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