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.

00:13:23 Strictly she has not asked us, she warned us about the ceremony...

00:23:00 Firmino knew Ricardo, but had never met Daniel

00:25:48 Revenge? How?

00:29:20 I read a novel

00:35:01 Do you exist, Destiny? Do you exist as the day exists

00:43:54 Be careful what you say.

00:48:36 I don't think he suffers greatly, he is sedated with morphine.

00:52:48 To die willingly? No!

00:55:40 - And did my wife do anything? - No.

00:58:51 You will have no difficulty

01:01:22 No.

01:05:12 I believe it's true.

01:07:52 I could make you feel that.

01:11:50 It's the end, but Vanda doesn't want to see him

01:14:01 I picked up a copy at the hotel.

01:16:55 Then I had a terrible temptation.

01:28:17 And the rest could not be different;

01:37:04 And then we take a vacation from each other.

01:40:00 Go on

01:42:35 - Vanda is extraordinary. - Extraordinary? Crazy is what she is!

01:47:56 but I'll put you in a mental institution as if you were completely crazy.

01:53:01 and before all of us gathered here

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 line01:53:01

Production Record

DirectorManoel de Oliveira

LanguagePortuguese

IMDb votes221