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    [EFF16S2] Session 2: Visit or Memories and Confessions

    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF16S2] Session 2: Visit or Memories and Confessions. Birkbeck College, University of London. doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000251

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    18 March 2016, 20:30, ICA Cinema

    Film: Visit or Memories and Confessions (Visita ou Memórias e Confissões), Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal, 1982, 35mm, 73 minutes, Portuguese with English subtitles

    Introduced by José Manuel Costa, Director of the Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema.

    “This is a film by Manoel de Oliveira, about himself and about a house. It is a film by me, about myself. Right or wrong, it’s done.” Thus begins this intimate and unexpected film, released only posthumously following the filmmaker’s own instructions. The late and great Portuguese filmmaker directed Visit or Memories and Confessions between 1981 and 1982 at the age of 73, following an intense period of creativity and the conclusion of his Tetralogy of Frustrated Love. Directed in a period of uncertainty, the film is a heartfelt expression of the director’s feelings towards his wife and family, and to the house where they lived for over forty years. Oliveira muses about his life, sharing his thoughts on family, history, religion, artistic creation, and architecture, themes that many will recognise as central to his vast and rich filmography. The film resembles an autobiography but only deceptively so, being also a beautiful reflection by the filmmaker about his own craft, the place of fiction and reality in cinema, and ultimately “a film in pursuit of what is real”.

    With thanks to the Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema, the family of Manoel de Oliveira, and the Portuguese Embassy in London.

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    1 - EFFS2 Visit or Memories and Confessions (by Manoel de Oliveira) - Introduction Jose Manuel Costa (EFF16S2 Visit or Memories and Confessions (by Manoel de Oliveira) - Introduction Jose Manuel Costa.mp3)

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    Dataset Title:

    [EFF16S2] Session 2: Visit or Memories and Confessions
    Creators:

    Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew
    Dataset Contributors:

    ContributionNameEmailORCID
    CollaboratorMcCabe, Janetj.mccabe@bbk.ac.ukORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2916-9876
    CollaboratorYapp, Emmaeyapp01@student.bbk.ac.ukORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2646-6066
    Subjects:

    Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
    Data collection method:

    The Essay Film Festival ran between 2015 and 2023, and presented a global range of contemporary and restored essayistic works. The events are now archived here for research purposes.
    Collection period:

    FromTo
    18 March 201618 March 2016
    Statement on legal, ethical, and access issues:

    All film stills were provided by participating artists.
    Depositing User: Emma Yapp
    Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2026 15:19
    Last Modified: 13 Jul 2026 15:20
    Publisher: Birkbeck College, University of London

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    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF16S2] Session 2: Visit or Memories and Confessions. Birkbeck College, University of London. doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000251

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