Manoel's Destinies

1984 film

  • 1984 (1984)
Running time
130 minutesCountriesFrance
PortugalLanguageFrench

Manoel's Destinies (French: Les destins de Manoel) is a 1984 French-Portuguese children's fantasy film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz.[1] It was edited down from the three-part TV miniseries Manuel on the Island of Wonders (French: Manoel dans l'île des merveilles).[2]

Cast

  • Ruben de Freitas as Manoel (7yo)
  • Teresa Madruga as Manoel's Mother
  • Fernando Heitor as Manoel's Father
  • Marco Paulo de Freitas as Manoel (13yo)
  • Diogo Dória as Captain Araujo
  • Cecília Guimarães
  • Vasco Pimentel
  • José de Freitas
  • Aurélie Chazelle
  • Miguel Silva
  • Pedro M. Ruivo

Further reading

  • Goddard, Michael (2013); The Cinema of Raúl Ruiz: Impossible Cartographies. Wallflower Press, pp. 82–83.
  • Solomon, Stefan (2017); "Education, destiny, and national identity in Raúl Ruiz's Manoel on the Island of Wonders" in Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Emma Wilson, Sarah Wright (eds.) Childhood and Nation in Contemporary World Cinema: Borders and Encounters, Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 147–159.

References

  1. ^ Eleanor Mannikka (2012). "NY Times: Les Destins de Manoel". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Manoel on the Island of Marvels (3 part TV series, France, 1985)". Rouge. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

External links

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