Paris will honor Manoel de Oliveira, who died last week, April 2 . The Cinéma le Grand, in the French capital, will present a cycle of ten films of the Portuguese director. “Aniki-Bóbó” and “The Gebo and the Shadow” are two of the films that will be on display from Wednesday.
The direction of Cinéma le Grand Action regrets the death of the Portuguese director, at a time when it had already been decided by his “immutable presence ‘programming with” urgency “, a week of regular views of the Olive cinema, quotes Lusa.
By the 14th, will be remembered in Paris films such as “The Gebo and the Shadow” (2012), feature film by Manoel de Oliveira last, “Aniki Bóbó” (1942), the first feature film and “The Strange Case of Angelica” in which retrieves a project with more than 50 years.
These join the documentary “The act of Spring ‘,’ Belle Toujours ‘,’ Christopher Columbus – the Enigma”, “Francisca”, “Benilde or the Virgin Mother”, “The past and this “,” Singularities of a blond girl ‘and, to finish,’ Magic Mirror ‘.
In France, where premiered many of his films, Manoel de Oliveira was remembered with regret, with several public figures and cultural bodies to mourn the loss to culture and world cinema.
In the TVI , Catherine Deneuve deeply regretted the loss of Oliveira: “With the Manoel, it was all very unique ‘.
The general director of the French Cinematheque, Serge Toubiana, wrote, in turn, that “Manoel de Oliveira was a tireless storyteller who believed in the cinema of the early times, in the days when the credulity of Spectator was based on candid look ‘.
Stéphane Delorme, journal writing chief Cahiers du Cinema told Lusa: “We were very sad and with the impression that fell a monument, even though we have never had the impression that he was a monumental film . The film him was elegant, ironic, intelligent ‘.
The French magazine will devote part of the May issue to Portuguese film, publishing an interview that, according to Delorme, is unprecedented.
The organizers of the Cannes festival said Manoel de Oliveira was a “beacon of European and world culture,” which occupies the “same place for the Portuguese cinema [Ingmar] Bergman for Sweden, [Akira ] Kurosawa to Japan or [Federico] Fellini to Italy. ”
The Festival de Cannes paid tribute to Portuguese film with a Golden Palm for his career in 2008.
The French Minister of Culture, Fleur Pellerin, Manoel de Oliveira described as “a creator with a fascinating energy ‘.
In 2014, Manoel de Oliveira was awarded the insignia of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor of France.
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