A Talking Picture
2003 · 96 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 2,149 VOTES · DIR. Manoel de Oliveira
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 902 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:10 A TALKING PICTURE
00:03:41 and this is a famous legend and also a Muslim belief—
00:08:14 Apart from Sooty, do you have any more family?
00:10:08 many years ago.
00:14:18 What city?
00:19:48 It's enormous, isn't it?
00:22:25 Which statue? The statue of the legend disappeared
00:24:32 an Orthodox priest at your service.
00:27:06 The Holy Trinity.
00:32:31 The guide was saying that
00:34:34 just as that niche there points to Mecca.
00:38:16 That was the name given to the kings of Egypt.
00:40:25 My name is Luis Miguel.
00:43:15 but she was the guest of honor at the ceremony.
00:47:07 And seeing it was I who brought it up
00:50:09 Do you have any children?
00:52:30 a very positive person.
00:55:55 and give yourself up to the mermaids.
00:58:42 Look at me, Captain.
01:01:52 who, having spread Greek culture in Europe and beyond
01:04:51 Extraordinary.
01:08:12 Would you mind if I decline your kind invitation?
01:13:05 Of course not.
04:00:00 look down upon you."