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Word and Utopia

Sat, Mar 29, 2025
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  • Mirror of Life: Manoel de Oliveira 1996-2004
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  • BAM Film 2025
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira (2000)
With Lima Duarte, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Silveira, Renato De Carmine, Diogo Dória, Paulo Matos, António Reis, Canto e Castro
This 2000 biography depicts Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who worked to improve the treatment of Brazilian indigenous populations and abolish slavery. Honored in competition at the 2000 Venice Film Festival, the film earned Olveira a Portuguese Golden Globe award.

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      RUNNING TIME

      132min

      VENUE

      Peter Jay Sharp Building
      BAM Rose Cinemas

      FORMAT

      DCP

      LANGUAGE

      In Portuguese with English subtitles

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