Voyage To The Beginning Of The World

Oliveira takes an autobiographical turn with this portrait of a film director named Manoel—played by the iconic Marcello Mastroianni in his final on-screen appearance—who is shooting a film in Portugal. During a break, the French-born Portuguese actor Afonso (himself inspired by French actor Yves Afonso) visits his father's birthplace with the director and two fellow actors. Their journey takes them to Alto Minho in the north, where they look back on rural Portugal and recount the memories of a lifetime.