The Strange Case of Angelica
Apr 15 - Apr 21, 2011
(Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal, 2010, 35mm, 97 min)
Seattle premiere!
We’ve stopped wondering if this could be the final film from Portugal’s Manoel de Oliveira, who at 102 years young continues to share his rarefied gift for the screen by churning out some of the most exciting works of cinema today. His latest film The Strange Case of Angelica is a mysterious and melancholy affair about a photographer who captures a dead newlywed on film and slowly becomes infatuated with his subject.
"3 stars: A quiet tale, told through a rarely moving camera and a playful, bewitching smile" —Seattle Times
“See it now, see it when it opens, but see it," —Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“As funny and peculiar as its title promises, the film is a modestly serene and sublime meditation on the essence of the motion-picture medium, glimpsed in the half-light of eternity." —J. Hoberman, Artforum
"The director of this simple, lucid, elegantly paced ghost story, Manoel de Oliveira, was born in 1908, made is his first film before Hitler took power, and made 10 features in his 90s. Despite being so old, and next to death at every moment, his latest film has the kind of lightness you'd expect from a director who has lots of time to kill." Charles Mudede, The Stranger
"SW Pick: De Oliveira, ancient at 102, has firsthand memory of a world of emperors and archdukes. The unique aura this imparts to his films cannot be forgotten when watching them." —Seattle Weekly
