Word and Utopia
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Manoel De Oliveira
Ricardo Trepa
Luis Miguel Cintra
Lima Duarte
Miguel Guilherme
Leonor Silveira
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Synopsis
In 1663, Father Antonio Vieira, a famous Jesuit priest who was a close friend of the late King Joao IV, is summoned before the Tribunal of the terrible Inquisition. His position there is weakened by plots and misunderstandings. In front of the judges, Vieira reviews his past: his youth spent in Brazil and as a novitiate in Bahia, his involvement in the Indian cause, and his first successes in the pulpit. After the Inquisition deprives him of his freedom of speech, he flees to Rome where he achieves a good reputation and much success. The Pope decides to keep him within his jurisdiction. Queen Christina of Sweden, who had been living in Rome since her abdication, keeps Vieira at court and insists he become her confessor. But Vieira misses his country and returns to Portugal. There, the cold reception by the new king, Dom Pedro, persuades him to leave for Brazil where he spends his final days.
Director
Manoel De Oliveira
Cast
Ricardo Trepa
Luis Miguel Cintra
Lima Duarte
Miguel Guilherme
Leonor Silveira
Renato Di Carmine
Jeronimo Renato Di Carmine
Diogo D=ria
Paulo Matos
Antonio Reis
Henrique Canto E Castro
Jose Pinto
Mendes Jose Manuel
Ronaldo Bonacchi
Renato De Carmine
Crew
Rui Alves
Renato Berta
Renato Berta
Isabel Branco
Paulo Branco
Manoel De Oliveira
Valerie Loiseleux
Henri Maikoff
Joao Marques
Carlo Paredes
Carlo Paredes
Massimo Scapin
Massimo Scapin
Jose Maria Vaz Da Silva
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Released in United States Winter January 1, 2001
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (World Greats) August 24 - September 4, 2000.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) August 30 - September 9, 2000.)
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States Winter January 1, 2001
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (World Greats) August 24 - September 4, 2000.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) August 30 - September 9, 2000.
Director Manoel de Oliveira compiled the film's screenplay from the collected sermons of a 17th-century Jesuit priest.
