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O Princ�pio da Incerteza (The Uncertainty Principle) (2002)

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Average Rating: 4.3/10
Reviews Counted: 5
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Release Date: Oct 4, 2002 Wide

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Manoel de Oliveira's The Uncertainty Principle is based, like several other of the director's films, on the writing of Agustina Bessa-Lu�s. The film opens with a long shot of an old cathedral in the rain, as a young woman, Camila (Leonor Baldaque, the granddaughter of Bessa-Lu�s), surreptitiously enters, presumably to pray, then emerges a short while later. Then the conversation of two brothers, Daniel (Luis Miguel Cintra) and Torcato Roper (Jos� Manuel Mendes), Camila's former tutors, is heard

Unrated, 2 hr. 13 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Manoel de Oliveira

In Theaters: Oct 4, 2002 Wide

Cast

Leonor Baldaque
Camila
Leonor Silveira
Vanessa
Isabel Ruth
Celsa
Ricardo Trepa
Jose Feliciano
Ivo Canelas
Antonio Clara
Lu�s Miguel Cintra
Daniel Roper
Manuel Jose Mendes
Torcato Roper

Critic Reviews for O Princ�pio da Incerteza (The Uncertainty Principle)

All Critics (9) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (4)

Takes itself much too seriously.

October 15, 2003 Full Review Source: About.com

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Jurgen Fauth

About.com

The philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics of the film's action in a way that is surprisingly enjoyable.

February 2, 2003 Full Review Source: All Movie Guide

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Josh Ralske

All Movie Guide

Though excessively tiresome, The Uncertainty Principle, as verbally pretentious as the title may be, has its handful of redeeming features, as long as you discount its ability to bore.

October 1, 2002 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Rachel Gordon

Filmcritic.com

Dense and enigmatic...elusive...stagy and stilted

September 30, 2002 Full Review Source: culturevulture.net

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Arthur Lazere

culturevulture.net

Seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable, the director's experiment is a successful one.

September 27, 2002 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

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