Voyage to the Beginning of the World
1997, French. Directed by Manoel de Oliveira.
Manoel is an aging film director who travels with the film crew through Portugal in search of the origins of Afonso, a famous French actor whose father emigrated from Portugal to France and in process remembers his own youth.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Manoel de OliveiraDirector
- Marcello MastroianniManoel
- Jean-Yves GautierAfonso
- Leonor SilveiraJudite
- Diogo DóriaDuarte
- Isabel de CastroMaria Afonso
- Cécile Sanz de AlbaCristina
- José PintoJosé Afonso
- Adelaide TeixeiraSenhora
- Isabel RuthOlga
- Manoel de OliveiraDriver
- José Maria Vaz da SilvaAssistente
- Fernando BentoHomem 1
Details
- Released
- 16 May 1997
- Original title
- Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo
- Country
- France, Portugal
- Written by
- Manoel de Oliveira
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Voyage to the Beginning of the World runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Which OTT platform is Voyage to the Beginning of the World on?
Voyage to the Beginning of the World isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 May 1997. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Voyage to the Beginning of the World?
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Who directed Voyage to the Beginning of the World?
Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997) was directed by Manoel de Oliveira and stars Marcello Mastroianni, Jean-Yves Gautier, Leonor Silveira.