Espelho Mágico (2005)

Réalisateur:

Manoel de Oliveira

Writers:

Agustina Bessa-Luís (novel)
Manoel de Oliveira (adaptation)

Release Date:

9 mars 2006 (Portugal)

Genre:

Drame

Plot:

Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda...

Plot Keywords:

Death | Mirror | Music Teacher | Music | Release From Prison

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Superb....

Ensemble

Leonor Silveira	...	Alfreda
Ricardo Trêpa	...	José Luciano
Luís Miguel Cintra	...	Filipe Quinta
Leonor Baldaque	...	Vicenta / Abril
Glória de Matos	...	Nurse Hilda
Isabel Ruth	...	Celsa Adelaide
Adelaide Teixeira	...	Queta
Diogo Dória	...	Comissary
José Wallenstein	...	Américo
Maestro Atalaya	...	Prof. Oboé
P. João Marques	...	Priest Feliciano (as Padre João Marques)
Marisa Paredes	...	Monja
Michel Piccoli	...	Prof. Heschel
Lima Duarte	...	Priest Clodel
Eugénia Cunha	...	Costureina
João Alves	...	Fiha de Noémia
Filipa de Almeida	...	Alfreda Menina (as Filipa Almeida)
Pedro Lopes	...	Musicos
Maria Castro
Vera Ferreira	...	Musicos
Daniela Costa	...	Musicos
Joana Costa	...	Musicos
Duarte de Almeida	...	Bahia
Susana Sá	...	Noémia
Rogério Vieira	...	Warden
David Cardoso	...	Flórido

Réalisé par
Manoel de Oliveira

Scénaristes
Agustina Bessa-Luís		(novel)
Manoel de Oliveira		(adaptation and dialogue)

Produit par
Miguel Cadilhe	....	producer

Image
Renato Berta

Montage
Valérie Loiseleux

Maquillage
Ana Ferreira	....	hair stylist
Emmanuelle Fèvre	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Joaquim Carvalho	....	production manager
Shuki Friedman	....	production manager
Manlio Roseano	....	production manager
Teresa Sampaio	....	assistant production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Paulo Guilherme	....	first assistant director
Ângela Sequeira	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Fernando Areal	....	property master

Technicien du son
Mikaël Barre	....	sound editor
Jean-Pierre Laforce	....	sound mixer
Ricardo Leal	....	boom operator
Henri Maïkoff	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Hugo Espirito Santo	....	electrician
Francisco Oliveira	....	assistant camera
Jean-Paul Toraille	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Arlete Campos	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Catherine Krassovsky	....	assistant editor

Divers
Júlia Buisel	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Filbox Produções
• Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia (ICAM) (participation)
• Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) (participation)

Distributors

• Cinearte Filmes (2006) (Brazil) (all media)
• Lusomundo Audiovisuais S.A. (2006) (Portugal) (all media)
• Mikado (2006) (Italy) (all media)
• New Yorker Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Tobis

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Magic Mirror (USA) (new title)
Miroir magique, Le (France) [fr]

Durée:

137 min

Pays:

Portugal

Langue:

Français | Espagnol | Portugais | Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Brazil:14

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel

Company:

Filbox Produções

Connexions De Film:

Follows Princípio da Incerteza, O (2002)

Superb....

This was part of a 2 film retrospective (for lack of a better term) at the Anthology Film Archives in NYC of recent works by Manoel de Oliveira (the other film was The Fifth Empire-Yesterday as Today). This is the better of the two films. This one has one of the more surreal plots of any de Oliveira film. It concerns itself with a rich woman (played by Leonor Silveira, a mainstay in Manoel's films) who has a strong desire to witness the Virgin Mary. 2 con men (one of whom has been just released from jail and the other is trying to go "clean", but doesn't seem to be trying too hard) devise a scheme to milk her out of some money and hire a local girl to portray the Virgin Mary for her. The plot here is actually quite funny, and this is one of de Oliveira's most surreal, touching, and beguiling films. The performances are all first rate, and the film has a wonderful, languid pacing to it (like most of Manoel's films). There is even a strange, dreamlike scene that takes "place" in Venice. It looks like a projection mistake when I first saw it, but then realised it was supposed to look like that, it made a sort of unique sense. I was rather disappointed at the crowds for these films (there was only 10 people in the audience for Magic Mirror, only 6 for The Fifth Empire), but I stayed for the duration of both films. I'm glad I'm did. Much of Manoel's work is not on DVD, but if you get a chance to see any of his work, please do. Even his minor films (like Party) are pretty good.