O Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira e Eu plot
An old photo from 36 years ago. A hand rests on the director's shoulder. A blessing, a gift. Then there is a history of more than four decades of friendship, admiration and apprenticeship. A journey through Manoel de Oliveira's films, his method, his way of filming and his extraordinary cinematic inventions. He lived for a long time, more than a century of cinema, cinema in its entirety. For him, and for de Botelho, documentary and fiction films go hand in hand; it's all about cinema. Thus, the director portrayed the beautiful story that Manoel loved but never filmed. He left it as if his hand and his eyes were close to God...