Manoel de Oliveira turns 102 today and, as Vitor Pinto reports in Cineuropa, the Portuguese are celebrating with a re-release of his debut feature, Aniki Bóbó, made back in 1942. The Afp reports that the world's oldest living director still has no plans to retire: "'I have several projects up my sleeve,' including another film based on Portuguese author Agustina Bessa Luis's latest book A ronda da noite (The Night Watch). 'I would not want to go from (this life) to the other without' making this film, he told Lusa news agency, but added: 'Before making it I have other ideas.'"...
- 12/11/2010
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