| Voyage to the Beginning of the World | |
| Director: | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Producer: | Paulo Branco |
| Starring: | Marcello Mastroianni |
| Cinematography: | Renato Berta |
| Editing: | Valérie Loiseleux |
| Runtime: | 95 minutes |
| Country: | France Portugal |
| Language: | French Portuguese |
Voyage to the Beginning of the World (Portuguese: '''Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo''', French: '''Voyage au début du monde''') is a 1997 Portuguese-French drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira and starring Marcello Mastroianni.[1] The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2] [3] It was Mastroianni's final film.
French actor Afonso visits the Portuguese village where his father once left. He is accompanied by the film director Manoel who hereby returns to the places of his childhood. Together with two other actors who serve as translators they make it to the remote village and meet Afonso's estranged kin.
The film was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize.[4]