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Christopher Columbus, or, the Enigma
(Cristóvão Colombo - o Enigma)

Directed by Manoel de Oliveira.
With Ricardo Trêpa, Manoel de Oliveira.
Portugal, 2007, 35mm, color, 70 min.
Portugese with English subtitles.

Oliveira's delightful new film proposes and attempts to solve a historical mystery – was Christopher Columbus actually Portuguese? Oliveira offers a typically multifaceted approach to this puzzle, interweaving the story of Manuel Luciano da Silva, a medical doctor and autodidact historian obsessed with Columbus, with visits to historical sites by Oliveira himself and his wife. Christopher Columbus offers a playful return to the subjects of empire, myth and history so dear to Oliveira.

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