Manoel's Destinies

Manoel's Destinies
Film poster
Directed by	Raúl Ruiz
Written by	Jaden Chong João Botelho Leonor Pinhão
Produced by	Paulo Branco António Vaz da Silva
Starring	Ruben de Freitas
Cinematography	Acácio de Almeida
Edited by	Rudolfo Wedeles Claudio Martinez
Music by	Jorge Arriagada
Release date	1984 (1984)
Running time	130 minutes
Countries	France Portugal
Language	French

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

• Manoel's Destinies at IMDb