The Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira, considered the most prestigious of their country and the best known internationally, died today at 106 years, said lusos media.
The Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira, considered the most prestigious of their country and the best known internationally, died today at 106 years, said lusos media.
President Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, mourned the death of director he considered “the greatest symbol of Portuguese cinema in the world”, in a brief statement to the country from Belem Palace in Lisbon.
” Portugal has lost one of the greatest exponents of the contemporary culture and much contributed to the international recognition of the country, “he said, adding that the vast work of filmmaker” will forever remain as a testimony of the Portuguese culture, which he knew interpreted as anyone, both in its popular dimension and its scholarly dimension. “
Manoel de Oliveira was born in Porto on December 11, 1908 and during his career made about 60 films. His latest work, the short film “The old de Belem”, was screened in 2014.
Considered the world’s oldest filmmaker, he made his directorial debut at age 23 (in 1931) with the documentary “Douro Faina Fluvial “which continued until several documentaries shot his first film in 1942,” Aniki-Bóbó “about children from the streets of Oporto.
The international projection Oliveira gave mid the 70s, from his film “Benilde” and in some of his films has had actors like Catherine Deneuve French, the American John Malkovich or Italian Marcello Mastroianni.
It is considered a cult filmmaker in Europe and Brazil and throughout his career received, among other awards, the Golden Lion at Venice (1985) and a Palme d’Or at Cannes (2008).
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