Journey to the Beginning of the World
Synopsis
A Portuguese film director hires a French actor. The film is a Franco-Portuguese co-production. The French actor's father was originally Portuguese, although his mother was French. His father died very young and, during the shoot, he starts thinking about his dead father. He decides to visit his father's village, hoping to meet a surviving aunt .
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Director (1)
Actors (8)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-production : Gemini Films
- Foreign production company : Madragoa Filmes
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gemini Films
- French distribution : Les Films du Losange
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Paulo Branco
- Adaptation : Manoel De Oliveira
- Director of Photography : Renato Berta
- Music Composer : Emmanuel Nunes
- Assistant Director : José Maria Vaz Da Silva
- Editor : Valérie Loiseleux
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Paul Mugel
- Costume designer : Isabel Favila
- Production managers : Antonio Gonçalo, Élisabeth Bocquet
- Press Attachés (film) : Bruno Barde, Corinne De Bury
- Production Designer : Ze Branco
- Foley artist : Nicolas Becker
- Sound Mixer : Jean-François Auger
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Ageing
- Production language : Portuguese, French
- Coproducer countries : Portugal, France
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About
Afonso :
- It was like a strange journey into my imagination. At last I was seeing places my father talked about endlessly. It was like travelling back in time.
Manoel :
- You hugged your aunt for all you were worth. Me, all my childhood friends, my brother Casimiro, all my old friends, there's no one left. A long life is a gift from God. But there is a price to pay.
Duarte :
- Well, well, our director wants a free ride.
(Extract from the film’s dialogue)
