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Filmes do Tejo II & Les Films de l'Après-Midi present

Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

Cristóvão Colombo - O Enigma

directed by Manoel de Oliveira

“Life is the journey, life is the enigma...”

20071h 15mDrama

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Filmes do Tejo II & Les Films de l'Après-Midi present

Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

directed by Manoel de Oliveira

“Life is the journey, life is the enigma...”

20071h 15mDrama

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§ Synopsis

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A true story of a doctor and his wife who went on a journey in order to prove that discoverer Christopher Columbus was in fact Portuguese. Inspired by the book "Cristóvão Colon Era Português".

§ Crew

behind the camera

Director

Manoel de Oliveira

Screenplay

Manoel de Oliveira

Cinematography

Sabine Lancelin

Music

José Luís Borges Coelho

§ Cast

8 of 35

Ricardo Trêpa

as Manuel Luciano (1946-60)

Leonor Baldaque

Leonor Baldaque

as Sílvia (1957-60)

Manoel de Oliveira

Manoel de Oliveira

as Manuel Luciano (2007)

Maria Isabel de Oliveira

as Sílvia (2007)

Leonor Silveira

Leonor Silveira

Luís Miguel Cintra

Luís Miguel Cintra

as Diretor Museu Porto Santo

José Pinto

as Sr. José Sabino da Silva

Adelaide Teixeira

Adelaide Teixeira

as Transeunte Cuba

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