O Principio da Incerteza

Manoel de Oliveira's The Uncertainty Principle is based, like several other of the director's films, on the writing of Agustina Bessa-Luís. The film opens with a long shot of an old cathedral in the rain, as a young woman, Camila (Leonor Baldaque, the granddaughter of Bessa-Luís), surreptitiously ...more

After the more straightforward storytelling of I'm Going Home, Portuguese master Manoel de Oliveira returns to a more cold and studied style of filmmaking for The Uncertainty Principle. Fans will find the work familiar, not just for its detached, wordy style, but for its cast, many of whom are de Oliveira regulars. The attenuated pace of the film is exacerbated by the fact that almost all of the dramatic action discussed onscreen has taken place offscreen. This is certain to frustrate some ...more