Oliveira made '' The Uncertainty Principle '' ( '' O Princípio da Incerteza '' ) in 2002 . The film is based on the 2001 novel '' O Princípio da Incerteza : Joia de Familia '' by Agustina Bessa-Luís , which won the Grand Prize from the Portuguese Writer 's Association . In the film , Leonor Baldaque plays Camila , who marries a man ( Ivo Canelas ) to help alleviate her family 's financial difficulties instead of her boyfriend ( Ricardo Trêpa ) . Camila 's husband begins an affair with Vanessa ( Leonor Silveira ) , which Camila is indifferent about . This infuriates Vanessa who proceeds to do everything she can to make Camila suffer . In the end Vanessa and Camila 's husband become involved with an illegal deal with some gangsters , which Camila refuses to help them with . The film was screened in competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival . This was followed by '' A Talking Picture '' ( '' Um Filme Falado '' ) , starring Leonor Silveira , Filipa de Almeida , Catherine Deneuve , John Malkovich , Irene Papas and Stefania Sandrelli in 2003 . In the film Silveira takes her young daughter ( Almeida ) on a cruise to Bombay to meet her father 's family and teaches her about the history of the places that they pass through along the way . These sights include such places as Ceuta , Marseilles , Athens , Naples and Pompeii . They also meet and learn about three successful women ( Deneuve , Papas and Sandrelli ) from certain location and have long conversations with the ship 's captain ( Malkovich ) , often dealing with the conflicts between Christianity and Islam . The film was screened in competition at the 2003 Venice Film festival , where it won the SIGNIS Award
2003 Venice Film festival
60th Venice International Film Festival
Manoel de Oliveira