by JON FROSCH
At 101, Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira is the oldest working filmmaker in the world – though seeing him dart spryly around a cocktail party after Thursday night’s screening of his new film, The Strange Case of Angelica (competing in the Un Certain Regard category), one would never have suspected it.
Indeed, Oliveira, who made his first film in 1931 and has been in competition at Cannes six times (taking home the third-place Jury prize in 1999 for The Letter) appears to be in stellar physical shape: he looks like he could be in his 70s. He also happens to be in good professional shape, having directed at least one movie per year since 1990.
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