Catherine Deneuve, Leonor Silveira, John Malkovich
Rosa Maria, a young history professor, sets out with her daughter Maria Joana on a cruise that will travel through the Mediterranean to Bombay, India, where they will meet her husband. This pleasure c...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 5, 2005
Stats: 44 reviews
What initially appear to be a travelogue/history lesson placed in a fictional narrative that resembles The Odyssey in reverse becomes a meditation on Western civilization, culture, and how the past is forever shaping the present.
This is probably the most talky film I've seen (i...( read more)
On a Mediterranean cruise, eight-year-old Maria Joana (Filipa de Almeida) and her mother Rosa Maria (Leonor Silveira), a history professor, embark on a journey from their native Portugal to Bombay, India to meet with Rosa Maria's husband. As they disembark at each port of call, t...( read more)
So many people bad mouth the aging director and this movie. It definitely provokes a reaction out of you (and not in the way Jackass or Glitter do), which is the 1st step towards a quality film. There are some beautiful shots of monumental European cities, and it's rare to see su...( read more)
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