Manoel's Destinies

Manoel's Destinies
Film poster
Directed byRaúl Ruiz
Written byJaden ChongJoão BotelhoLeonor Pinhão
Produced byPaulo BrancoAntónio Vaz da Silva
StarringRuben de Freitas
CinematographyAcácio de Almeida
Edited byRudolfo WedelesClaudio Martinez
Music byJorge Arriagada
Release date
  • 1984 (1984)
Running time
120 minutes (French theatrical cut)138 minutes (Portuguese version)152 minutes (French version)
CountriesPortugalFrance
LanguagesPortugueseFrench (dubbed)

Manoel's Destinies (French: Les Destins de Manoel; Portuguese: Os Destinos de Manuel) is a 1984/1985 French-Portuguese children'sfantasy film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It was shot on 16 mm film, a co-production of Les Films du Passage, Rita Filmes, and RTP, in association with Revcom Télévision.[1]

Versions

There are multiple versions of this work. Most commonly available is the 1984 French-dubbed TV miniseries that was broadcast in three episodes under the title L'Île aux merveilles de Manoël (roughly 150 minutes). The Portuguese-language version was broadcast as four episodes under the title Aventure au Madeira.[2][3] Film festival programmes have listed it under different titles, such as Manuel de l’île des merveilles or Manuel na Ilha das Maravilhas.[1][4][2][5]

Manuel de l’île des merveilles first screened on 1 February 1985 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, winning the KNF Award.[6]Jonathan Rosenbaum, one of the film's champions, described it as "three 50-minute episodes".[7] It was screened later in the same month at the "International Forum" at the Berlin International Film Festival.[8] A two-hour cut under the title Les Destins de Manoel screened in May 1985 at the Cannes Film Festival as part of "Perspectives du cinéma français".[9][10]

In 2013, the Cinemateca Portuguesa screened the 138-minute Portuguese-language version.[3] In 2024, they screened under the title Les Destins de Manoel / Os Destinos de Manuel a digital copy of the complete and commercially unreleased 170-minute Portuguese-language version that they hold.[11][12]

Parts

It is divided into three parts:[8]

  • "Os Destinos de Manuel" / "Les Destins de Manoel"
  • "O Piquenique dos Sonhos" / "Le Pique-nique des rêves"
  • "A Pequena Campeã de Xadrez" / "La Petite Championne d'échecs"

The fourth episode of the Portuguese TV miniseries was titled "Tragédia Maderense".[2]

Cast

  • Ruben de Freitas as Manoel (7yo)
  • Teresa Madruga as Manoel's Mother
  • Fernando Heitor as Manoel's Father
  • Marco Paulo de Freitas as Manoel (13yo)
  • Diogo Dória as Captain Araujo
  • Cecília Guimarães
  • Vasco Pimentel
  • José de Freitas
  • Aurélie Chazelle
  • Miguel Silva
  • Pedro M. Ruivo

Further reading

  • Goddard, Michael (2013); The Cinema of Raúl Ruiz: Impossible Cartographies. Wallflower Press, pp. 82–83.
  • Solomon, Stefan (2017); "Education, destiny, and national identity in Raúl Ruiz's Manoel on the Island of Wonders" in Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Emma Wilson, Sarah Wright (eds.) Childhood and Nation in Contemporary World Cinema: Borders and Encounters, Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 147–159.

References

  1. ^ abDonald, Stephanie Hemelryk; Wilson, Emma; Wright, Sarah (9 February 2017). Childhood and Nation in Contemporary World Cinema: Borders and Encounters. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-5013-1860-3.
  2. ^ abcRíos, Valeria de los (2010). El Cine de Raúl Ruiz: Fantasmas, simulacros y artificios. UQBAR. ISBN 978-956-8601-78-2.
  3. ^ ab"Aventure au Madeira / Les Destins de Manoel". 2013.
  4. ^"Manoel on the Island of Marvels (3 part TV series, France, 1985)". Rouge. 2003. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. ^Eleanor Mannikka (2012). "NY Times: Les Destins de Manoel". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  6. ^"KNF Award". IFFR EN. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  7. ^"Rotterdam: Fury in Akerman's Flat [1985] | Jonathan Rosenbaum". jonathanrosenbaum.net. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  8. ^ ab"La présence réelle". Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. 1985. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  9. ^Le Monde Diplomatique, 1985, France, French (in French).
  10. ^"Enfants sur pellicule" (in French). 18 May 1985. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  11. ^"Trying To Catch Up With Raúl Ruiz: A Conversation with Jonathan Rosenbaum | Jonathan Rosenbaum". jonathanrosenbaum.net. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  12. ^"Raúl Ruiz – A Imagem Estilhaçada ( Parte I )".

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