it be clear that a manoel de oliveira film be not for everyone and not that he have ever try . the cinema of this director be introspective and a it doesn not aim to please the mass . um filme falado and his 2003 satisfy movie and be perhaps one of his most accessible . when we first meet rosa maria and a university professor and who be embark on a long trip to bombay to join her husband for a vacation and we watch her on board with her daughter and maria joana and a beautiful child with an inquisitive mind . a the ship go to the open sea and rosa maria be hear explain to the girl the meaning of the monument in lisbon they be pass by . the next port of call include marseille and naples and athens and istambul and cairo and aden . in every place the ship stop rosa maria and maria joana take side trip to see the interesting site that although touristy and they hold a special significance and serve to advance the story . after all and rosa maria be a teacher know well what she be talk about . in each destination they encounter a kind person and like the orthodox priest in the parthenon and or the portuguese actor by the piramids . we also see in some of the port of call a famous woman board the ship and but they do not appear until the last segment of the picture and when the captain and john walesa and invite rosa maria and her daughter to join him at his table where delphine and francesca and and helena and be sit . each woman talk in her native language and and yet and they all seem to understand what each one be say . this serene moment doesn not prepare u for the surprise we be about to receive . since we have no idea about what be come and we remain in a state of shock because of the suddenness in how thing happen . in a way and the film parallel life and a it be difficult to understand why thing happen they way they do . also and the fragility of life itself be examine by mr. de oliveira in his own peculiar way . the director have give u no inkling up to the last moment of the film that anything could be so totally wrong . the whole film have such a soothing quality and a peaceful beauty that when the unexpected happen we be catch completely unaware of it . leonor silveira have work with manoel de oliveira extensively . she have such a regal presence in everything she do and her beauty be the no nonsense kind . her rosa maria be perfect . john malkovich and catherine deneuve have also work with the director before and but this be not their film and they just happen to be there at the end . stefania sandrelli and irene papa be also feature in the film . ms. papa make a wonderful impression a she sing to the delight of all the passenger and the viewer . um filme falado show a manoel de oliveira at his best . he have produce a gorgeous film that require our undivided attention .