Official Selection, 2007 Venice and Toronto Film Festivals

Portugal's living cinematic legend Manoel de Oliveira dramatizes scholar Manuel Luciano da Silva's quest to prove that Christopher Columbus had a hidden identity—the famous Italian was born in a small Portuguese town.

DIR/SCR Manoel de Oliveira, based on the book Christopher Columbus was Portuguese by Manuel Luciano da Silva and Sílvia Jorge de Silva; PROD François d'Artemare. Portugal/France, 2007, color, 70 min. In English and Portuguese with English subtitles.

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