Back on the life and work of Manoel de Oliveira – Inrocks

On the scene of the closing ceremony of the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, Geraldine Chaplin must return the special jury prize, the winner was announced by President David Cronenberg: Manoel de Oliveira The Letter. The nonagenarian filmmaker, awarded for the first time in Cannes, on stage almost hopping, cheerful and enthusiastic as a beginner. After all courtesies, he turned to the remitting