En une poignée de mains amies

A poem by Manoel de Oliveira filmed by Jean Rouch & friends. On a trip to Portugal, Jean Rouch chats with Manoel de Oliveira on the terrace of his house overlooking the Douro river. Rouch lyrically praises Oliveira's first film, Douro, Faina Fluvial, remarking that it was the first documentary he ever saw. Camera in hand, the two men drive along the Douro to Porto, quoting the verses of a poem of Oliveira's "inspired by the wind, the river and friendship". A journey that traces the story of a river and of a shared passion for cinema. (TFF)