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Also Known As Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira
Born December 11, 1908 • Porto • Portugal
Died April 2, 2015 (aged 106) • Porto • Portugal
Notable Works “Acto da primavera” • “Amor de perdição” • “Aniki-bóbó” • “Benilde; ou, a Virgem Mãe” • “Francisca” • “Le Soulier de satin” • “Mon cas” • “O passado e o presente” • “Os canibais” • “The Convent” • “Voyage to the Beginning of the World”

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