Manoel's Destinies Explained

Manoel's Destinies
Director:	Raúl Ruiz
Producer:	Paulo Branco António Vaz da Silva
Starring:	Ruben de Freitas
Music:	Jorge Arriagada
Cinematography:	Acácio de Almeida
Editing:	Rudolfo Wedeles Claudio Martinez
Runtime:	130 minutes
Country:	France Portugal
Language:	French

Manoel's Destinies (French: '''Les destins de Manoel''') is a 1984 French-Portuguese children's fantasy film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz.^[1] It was edited down from the three-part TV miniseries Manuel on the Island of Wonders (French: '''Manoel dans l'île des merveilles''').^[2]

Cast

• Ruben de Freitas as Manoel (7yo)
• Teresa Madruga as Manoel's Mother
• Fernando Heitor as Manoel's Father
• Marco Paulo de Freitas as Manoel (13yo)
• Diogo Dória as Captain Araujo
• Cecília Guimarães
• Vasco Pimentel
• José de Freitas
• Aurélie Chazelle
• Miguel Silva
• Pedro M. Ruivo

Further reading

• Goddard, Michael (2013); The Cinema of Raúl Ruiz: Impossible Cartographies. Wallflower Press, pp. 82–83.
• Solomon, Stefan (2017); "Education, destiny, and national identity in Raúl Ruiz's Manoel on the Island of Wonders" in Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Emma Wilson, Sarah Wright (eds.) Childhood and Nation in Contemporary World Cinema: Borders and Encounters, Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 147–159.

Notes and References

1. Web site: NY Times: Les Destins de Manoel . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022223507/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/227421/Les-Destins-de-Manoel/overview . dead . 22 October 2012 . Movies & TV Dept. . . Eleanor Mannikka . 2012 . 29 October 2009.
2. Web site: Manoel on the Island of Marvels (3 part TV series, France, 1985) . 21 August 2018. Rouge.