I think Manoel de Oliveira might just be my new hero. The Portuguese director turned 101 on Friday, but age is definitely not slowing him down. Instead, the director is trucking along with his newest film, The Strange Case of Angelica. Man, I hope that if I manage to live that long that I can still be doing the thing I love!
Aside from still making movies at the age of 101, Oliveira is keeping his family close to him in the process. His grandson, Ricardo Trepa, has been a regular in Oliveira’s films since 1990, and now will be starring in Angelica.
In the film, Trepa will play a photographer who is asked by the owners of a hotel to take photos of their daughter (Angelica) who just died. The ghost of Angelica later begins to appear to the photographer as a ghost. Pilar Lopez de Ayala will play the role of Angelica.
