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A Talking Picture

2003 · 1 h 36 min
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira
ComedyDramaHistory

Cast

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Plot

A meditation on civilization. In July 2001, a history professor and her daughter take a cruise around the Mediterranean.

Sinekatalog’s take

Manoel de Oliveira's drama, with Leonor Silveira, John Malkovich and Catherine Deneuve, is stately and gripping, with a shocking ending.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (2,288 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.