Manuel on the Island of Wonders

Manuel on the Island of Wonders - Season 1 Episode 3 La Petite Championne d'échecs

1984-01-01 48 minutes.
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1 Season 1 Jan 01, 1984

Overview

Part Three (beginning in Episode Two), entitled ‘The Little Chess-Champion’, hands the (until now) off-screen voice-over narration to Manoel himself. He promises to tell his own story, but adds that it’s ‘a story that I made up in my distant childhood and that happens in the future’. The tone is less Baroque, more Gothic, as Ruiz explores the ‘wonders of the night’. The filmmaker’s obsession in this section concerns perception and the deciphering of secret signs and codes.

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Language Portuguese, French

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