Past and Present

Name: Past and Present
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Released: 1972
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Maria de Saisset, Manuela de Freitas, Bárbara Vieira, Alberto Inácio, Pedro Pinheiro

1972 · 115 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 221 VOTES · DIR. Manoel de Oliveira

Overview

This is an intriguing avant-garde look at what motivates the leisurely classes in Portugal, for better or worse, by director Manoel de Oliveira. Set in a spacious country home peopled with a wide-ranging cast of characters, the drama begins as the friends of a widow come to console her on the loss of her husband. But at one point, the widow goes upstairs, encounters her husband, and is faced with his accusations about the past. This event and others provide the means of revealing the petty, self-serving, egocentric, and romantic pursuits of the melange of people in the house. - Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Dialogue Timeline — 845 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:05:10 THE PAST AND THE PRESENT

00:10:54 - How are you, Noémia? - Hello, Angélica.

00:13:28 If you accept her friendship, you should not judge.

00:23:09 Never? I didn't know. Then the shock has lasted a few months.

00:25:54 Yes, but this is your revenge?

00:29:33 - Angélica! - Yes?

00:35:16 In the grave, under the shade of a cypress

00:44:06 Firmino has left a letter?

00:48:53 - Goodbye, madam. - Goodbye, Doctor.

00:53:08 Do you believes he committed this act spontaneously?

00:55:56 It isn't a provocation to you or your wife.

00:59:33 Listen, Mauricio, I'm sorry.

01:03:30 - Do you think Firmino's going to die? - I think so, why don't you think?

01:06:05 But where are you going?

01:08:29 Also, talking with others as well, you betray the object of your love.

01:12:36 - Then say it. - If you knew what I have to say!

01:14:41 Is that you, Ricardo.

01:17:48 only two seconds of quiet and reflection

01:32:50 What good has done my volunteer humiliation?

01:38:08 Don't you feel now a great love for me?

01:41:11 It's curious this concern of yours of honoring a marriage.

01:44:39 - I do. - Did she make any threats?

01:50:16 I'll give him a helper fit for him."

01:55:29 THE END

Cast & Characters

Maria de Saisset Vanda, a widow Manuela de Freitas Noémia Bárbara Vieira Angélica Alberto Inácio Ricardo Pedro Pinheiro Firmino António Machado Maurício João Bénard da Costa Honório José Martinho Fernando Alberto Branco Doctor Guilhermina Pereira Housemaid

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed845

Dialogue density7.3 lines / min

First line00:05:10

Final line01:55:29

Production Record

DirectorManoel de Oliveira

LanguagePortuguese

IMDb votes221