In November 2013 he announced production of the short film '' The Old Man of Belem '' , pending government funding . This was his last completed film and premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival and was released in Porto in November 2014 . Oliveira originally intended to shoot the film on a studio set , but because of his failing health it was shot in a garden close to his home in Porto . It was based on the novel '' The Penitent '' by Portuguese writer Teixeira de Pascoaes and starred Luís Miguel Cintra as Luis de Camoes , Ricardo Trepa as Don Quixote , Mário Barroso as Camilo Castelo Branco and Diogo Dória as Teixeira de Pascoaes . Some short clips from his previous films were edited into the short film , but he stated that it was neither an " overview " of his life 's work nor a " farewell " to filmmaking . It was shot by cinematographer Renato Berta and edited by Valérie Loiseleux
71st Venice International Film Festival
71st Venice International Film Festival
Manoel de Oliveira