The Manoel de Oliveira, director died on Thursday to 106 years, was fired on Friday in his native Porto by leading authorities in Portugal, famous as John Malkovich and hundreds of admirers.
Death De Oliveira, who was the longest serving director in the world active, he mourned the Portuguese cultural world and the city of Oporto, which was now buried in the local cemetery of Agramonte in a partially private ceremony.
The urn perennial director, who had left the church Cristo Rei Porto, where he held the wake of 24 hours, the cemetery of Agramonte arrived to cheers from family, professional colleagues, friends and admirers.
Especially excited were the widow of De Oliveira, Maria Isabel Brando, 96, and his grandson and favorite actor Ricardo TrpA, 42.
At the funeral tributes filmmaker They also lacked the representations highest ranking of the Portuguese State. The President Anibal Cavaco Silva and Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho
“Happily, had a long and full life, he also relished his family. We left an extraordinary work. A universal work, “he said in a brief statement to reporters Passos Coelho, whose government declared two days of national mourning.
60 directed movies
During its more than eight decades of production, De Oliveira, who began his career in silent films to “Douro, Faina Fluvial” (1931), directed nearly 60 films and won several international awards, with awards in Venice (1985), Cannes (2008) and Berlin (2009).
His work, partially unknown in Portugal, was highly appreciated by the intellectual circles of Europe, especially in France and in Brazil.
Remembered as an affable and with a fine sense of humor person, was the most iconic cultural figure in Portugal since the death of the writer José Saramago in June 2010.
The American actor John Malkovich, who worked with De Oliveira in three films -O Convent (1995), Vou for House (2001) and Um Filme Falado (2003) -, was also present at the funeral
The actor and film director and theater John Malkovich, attended the funeral of Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira. (AFP)
“I was shocked when I heard about his death. Everyone who knew Manoel (de Oliveira) thought it was going to be the first human he would not die,” he said in interview to Diário de Notícias American actor.
Also attended the honor other personalities such as Secretary of State for Culture of Portugal, Jorge Barreto Xavier, and the mayor of Oporto, Rui Moreira, whose city declared a three-day official mourning.
With a singular work that is considered a legacy that preserves the memory of the twentieth century, De Oliveira performed a counter style of filmmaking, with care and slow planes in an attempt to establish a harmony between word and image.
Critical of the excesses of special and sound effects, the film attracted, despite being far from a success locker, famous actors like John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Marisa Paredes and Pilar López de Ayala.
Active until 15 days before his death, the latest film by director dates from the end of last year (“O Velho do Restelo”), which reinterprets the classic texts of Ham’s Luis and Miguel de Cervantes, and the Portuguese Teixeira de Pascoaes and Camilo Castelo Branco.
Old corridor and car jump ‘said that one of the secrets of his longevity was the sport, together with a special diet based on fish soups and vegetables-, De Oliveira left an unpublished work in the coffers of the Portuguese Film Library.
“Visit ou Memórias and Confiss is” held in 1982 when he was 74 years old, is the film that the director wanted to be exhibiese only after his death, as a form of artistic testament.
The date of its “premiere” will be released soon, he announced the Portuguese Film Library.
Influenced by the Spanish Luis Buñuel, the Dane Carl Theodor Dreyer and Charles Chaplin, filmmaker recognized in the Christian humanism that represented one of his favorite writers, Father António Vieira (1608-1697).
Among his vast work, between documentary and fiction, criticism highlights “Francisca” (1981), “The Convent” (1995) “No, or the Vain Glory of Command” (1990), “A trip to the top of the world” (1997), “The Divine Comedy” (1991) and “A Talking Picture” (2003), filmed when she’s most 80 years. (I)
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