A Talking Picture
- IMDb link: 0364093
- IMDb rating: 6.5 (2,274 votes) Search
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, War, History
- Director: John Malkovich, Manoel de Oliveira
- Cast: Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, Catherine Deneuve and others
- Release date: 15 Oct 2003
- Release year: 2003
- Runtime: 96 minutes
- Country: Portugal, France, Italy
- Keywords: mediterranean sea, reference to aphrodite the greek deity, reference to athena the greek deity, reference to minerva the roman deity, reference to poseidon the greek deity, reference to odysseus the greek hero, reference to gabriel, marseille france, post september 11 2001, civilization
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Lisbon, Marseilles, Naples, Athens, Istanbul, Cairo, Aden and Bombay. Along with a university teacher and her little daughter, we embark on a long journey, experiencing different cultures and civilizations.
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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