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Manoel's Destinies (French: Les destins de Manoel) is a 1984 French-Portuguese children's fantasy film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz.[1] It was edited down from the three-part TV miniseries Manuel on the Island of Wonders (French: Manoel dans l'île des merveilles).[2]

Manoel's Destinies
Film poster
Directed by	Raúl Ruiz
Written by	Raúl Ruiz João Botelho Leonor Pinhão
Produced by	Paulo Branco António Vaz da Silva
Starring	Ruben de Freitas
Cinematography	Acácio de Almeida
Edited by	Rudolfo Wedeles Claudio Martinez
Music by	Jorge Arriagada
Release date	1984 (1984)
Running time	130 minutes
Countries	France Portugal
Language	French

Cast

• Ruben de Freitas as Manoel (7yo)
• Teresa Madruga as Manoel's Mother
• Fernando Heitor as Manoel's Father
• Marco Paulo de Freitas as Manoel (13yo)
• Diogo Dória as Captain Araujo
• Cecília Guimarães
• Vasco Pimentel
• José de Freitas
• Aurélie Chazelle
• Miguel Silva
• Pedro M. Ruivo

Further reading

• Goddard, Michael (2013); The Cinema of Raúl Ruiz: Impossible Cartographies. Wallflower Press, pp. 82–83.
• Solomon, Stefan (2017); "Education, destiny, and national identity in Raúl Ruiz's Manoel on the Island of Wonders" in Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Emma Wilson, Sarah Wright (eds.) Childhood and Nation in Contemporary World Cinema: Borders and Encounters, Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 147–159.

References

External links

• Manoel's Destinies at IMDb

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