Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo (Journey to the Beginning of the World)(Voyage to the Beginning)

Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo (Journey to the Beginning of the World)(Voyage to the Beginning) (1997)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 72% of users liked it
    (233 ratings)

Octogenarian film director Manoel de Oliveira travels autobiographical avenues in this portrait of a film director Manoel (Marcello Mastroianni) who is shooting on location in Portugal. During a break, one of the film's actors, Afonso, born in France but of Portuguese descent, travels to his… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
May 5, 1997 Wide
Strand Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    A lovely look at memories, the past, and endings. It's slightly talky, but beautifully autumnal, oddly relaxing and very moving.

  • Scott Von Doviak, Film Threat

    A motivational speech disguised as a travelogue - a cross-country Chicken Soup for the Soul

  • Peter Henne, Film Journal International

    An unrushed journey, a loose summing up but not a dreary final testament, through a director's history, conducted by the filmmaker himself.

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