Magic Mirror (film)

Magic Mirror
Directed by	Manoel de Oliveira
Written by	Manoel de Oliveira Agustina Bessa-Luís (book)
Produced by	Miguel Cadilhe
Starring	Leonor Silveira Ricardo Trêpa Luís Miguel Cintra
Cinematography	Renato Berta
Edited by	Valérie Loiseleux
Release dates	1 September 2005 (2005-09-01) (Venice Film Festival) 9 March 2006 (2006-03-09) (Portugal) 5 April 2006 (2006-04-05) (Hong Kong International Film Festival)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	Portugal
Language	Portuguese

Magic Mirror (Portuguese: Espelho Mágico) is a 2005 Portuguese film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It was shown in competition at the 2005 Venice Film Festival. It is based on a novel by Agustina Bessa-Luís.^[1] The film was conceived as the second part of a trilogy that begun with the 2002 film The Uncertainty Principle.^[2]

Cast

• Leonor Silveira as Alfreda
• Ricardo Trêpa as José Luciano / Touro Azul
• Luís Miguel Cintra as Filipe Quinta
• Leonor Baldaque as Vicenta / Abril
• Glória de Matos as Nurse Hilda
• Isabel Ruth as Celsa Adelaide
• Adelaide Teixeira as Queta
• Diogo Dória as Police Commissioner
• José Wallenstein as Américo
• Maestro Atalaya as Prof. Oboé
• P. João Marques as Priest Feliciano (as Padre João Marques)
• Marisa Paredes as Monja
• Michel Piccoli as Prof. Heschel

Production

The film was released when Oliveira was 96 year old.^[2]

See also

• Cinema of Portugal

References

1. Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de (6 January 2009). ""Espelho mágico", de Manoel de Oliveira, mostra "perfeita osmose" do cineasta "com o seu próprio universo" – Le Monde". "Espelho mágico", de Manoel de Oliveira, mostra "perfeita osmose" do cineasta "com o seu próprio universo" – Le Monde (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
2. Green2005-08-15T04:00:00+01:00, Jennifer. "First Hand takes on sales for Oliveira's Magic Mirror". Screen. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

External links

• Magic Mirror at IMDb