"This is Manoel de Oliveira, a cinematographic film director" - from "Visita ou Memorias e Confissoes," and this is a continuous sequence of moments that make one feel the presence of classical cinema and the future of cinema, and these are six must see works overflowing with universality and advancement, and Manoel de Oliveira is a great master of Portugal who is proud of the world, and in 2025, which marks ten years after his death, this long awaited Blu-ray box that includes six gems from his diverse body of works, including domestic theatrical premieres and first domestic software releases, is released, and it discovers and rediscovers the legendary and magical talent who lived a one and only life, and it comes with a W book case and a 12 page saddle stitched booklet, and the contents are as follows: "Visita ou Memorias e Confissoes": domestic theatrical premiere and first domestic software release, and this documentary work traces the family and his own life set in the house in Porto where Oliveira lived for about 40 years since it was built in 1942, and the text is written by the giant of Portuguese literature Agustina Bessa Luis, who is also the author of the original work of "Abraham Keikoku," and he instructed that it be published after his death, and it was screened in Porto, Lisbon, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in 2015, and bonus footage includes the theatrical trailer for "Oliveira 2025 Botsugo 10 Nen Manoel de Oliveira Tokushu" (subject to change). "Os Canibais": first domestic software release, and on the wedding night of Margarida and Viscount d'Aveleda, the viscount confesses that he is not human, and hearing this, Margarida falls into madness, and the solemn banquet of the nobles develops into a shocking situation, and this opera buffa film transcends the boundaries between humans, animals, and machines, exploding with fantastic humor, and bonus footage includes the theatrical trailer for "Oliveira 2025 Botsugo 10 Nen Manoel de Oliveira Tokushu" (subject to change). "O Dia do Desespero": domestic theatrical premiere and first domestic software release, and this work depicts the last days of Camilo Castelo Branco, a representative novelist of 19th century Portuguese literature, who reached the point of committing suicide with a pistol after conflict and anguish, and it is based on research from documents, newspaper articles, and letters, and is set in his birthplace, and the music uses Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" and "Parsifal," and it is regarded as the strictest among Oliveira's works, and bonus footage includes the theatrical trailer for "Oliveira 2025 Botsugo 10 Nen Manoel de Oliveira Tokushu" (subject to change). "Vale Abraao [Complete Edition]": domestic theatrical premiere and first domestic Blu-ray release, and this film is the pinnacle of "literary films" in which words, images, and music autonomously harmonize with exquisite precision and vividness, and Agustina Bessa Luis adapts Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" and writes the original work, and the suffering of the protagonist Emma, who resists the masculine world and power with poetic imagination, is depicted, and it can be said to be a director's cut version in which the work is revived on the screen in its original form, and bonus footage includes the theatrical trailer for "Oliveira 2025 Botsugo 10 Nen Manoel de Oliveira Tokushu" (subject to change). "Belle Toujours": first domestic Blu-ray release, and this film depicts the characters 38 years after Luis Bunuel's "Belle de Jour" (1967), and Henri and Severine, who accidentally reunite in Paris, and Henri invites Severine to dinner under the pretext of telling the truth, and a mystery full of desire that rises with the past unfolds, and Michel Piccoli appears again as the role of "Henri," and for the role of "Severine," which was played by Catherine Deneuve, Bulle Ogier appears, and bonus footage includes the theatrical trailer for "Oliveira 2025 Botsugo 10 Nen Manoel de Oliveira Tokushu" (subject to change). "Aniki Bobo 4K Restore ban": first domestic software release, and this work depicts the boys living near the Douro River, and Carlitos is a shy dreamer and Eduardo is a fearless leader, and both boys fall in love with the only girl in the group, Terezinya, and one day Carlitos steals a doll that Terezinya wants and gives it to her, and this leads to tension among the boys, and Carlitos is left out of the group, and this work, produced in 1942 and filmed in the city of Porto, depicts the liveliness of children with conciseness and a large sense of scale, and is considered a forerunner of "neorealismo," and the 4K restored version is premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival Classics section in 2025, and after more than 80 years since its production, its poetic charm and modernity are attracting attention again, and bonus footage includes the theatrical trailer (subject to change).
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