Movie

A Talking Picture

2003★ 6.7

A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and the Indian Ocean. On board and on day trips in Marseilles, Pompeii, Athens, Istanbul, and Cairo, a professor tells her young daughter about myth, history, religion, and wars. Men approach her; she's cool, on her way to her husband in Bombay. After Cairo, for two evenings divided by a stop in Aden, the captain charms three successful, famous (and childless) women, who talk with wit and intellect, each understanding the others' native tongue, a European union. The captain asks mother and child to join them. He gives the girl a gift. Helena sings. Life can be sweet.

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Cast

Leonor SilveiraRosa Maria

Filipa de AlmeidaMaria Joana

John MalkovichComandante John Walesa

Catherine DeneuveDelfina

Stefania SandrelliFrancesca

Irene PapasHelena

Luís Miguel CintraHimself

Ricardo TrêpaOficial

Júlia BuiselAmiga de Delfina

David Cardoso

Manoel de Oliveira

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