A Talking Picture
Synopsis
A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and the Indian Ocean. On board and on day trips in Marseilles, Pompeii, Athens, Istanbul, and Cairo, a professor tells her young daughter about myth, history, religion, and wars. Men approach her; she's cool, on her way to her husband in Bombay. After Cairo, for two evenings divided by a stop in Aden, the captain charms three successful, famous (and childless) women, who talk with wit and intellect, each understanding the others' native tongue, a European union. The captain asks mother and child to join them. He gives the girl a gift. Helena sings. Life can be sweet.
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Edited by Valerie LoiseleuxShot by Emmanuel MachuelDesigned by Ze Branco
Box Office
2003 · Box office
Grossed $20K worldwide
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$20K
Also known as
- Reise nach Bombayde
- Um Filme Falado – Reise nach Bombayde
- A Talking Pictureen
- Una película habladaes
- Un film parléfr
- Un film parlatoit
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15 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Leonor Silveira
as Rosa Maria
Filipa De Almeida
as Maria Joana
John Malkovich
as Comandante John Walesa
Catherine Deneuve
as Delfina
Stefania Sandrelli
as Francesca
Irene Papas
as Helena
Luis Miguel Cintra
as Self - Portuguese Actor
Michel Lubrano Di Sbaraglione
as Pescador
Francois Da Silva
as Cliente do Pescador
Nikos Hatzopoulos
as Padre Ortodoxo
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1Other crew
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