The exhibition we are now presenting – that is also the first screening of Eugène Green's films in an exhibition context - focuses on the originality of his worldviews and the uniqueness of the filmic universe created by this French filmmaker, who fell in love with Portugal.

The image of the word is, in Green’s terminology, another way of saying "cinema” and thinking about the possibilities of intersection between images and words. In addition to the centrality of the word, theatricality and neo-primitivism, a critical view of the contemporary world is also one of the affinities that his cinema maintains with the work of Manoel de Oliveira. Lisbon Revisited – that was produced especially for Serralves, and which will be screening permanently during the exhibition – is not only Eugène Green's third Portuguese film, it also offers a wry look at the problems affecting our cities.

Exhibition organised by the Serralves Foundation – Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira, curated by António Preto.