<p><strong>“All the evil in the world comes from the fact we care about one another.”</strong></p>

<p>Now in his 100th year, the world's oldest working filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira brings another great work to MIFF after last year's <em>Christopher Columbus - The Enigma </em>and 2007's <em>Belle Toujours</em>.</p>

<p>Based on a short story by Portuguese realist E&ccedil;a de Queirós, <em>Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl</em> recounts a tale of a love just out of reach. A stranger on a train is told the story of Macário, a young man smitten with a beautiful blonde-haired girl. With the realisation that the girl is beyond his means, Macário goes to great lengths to make his fortune and win her hand - but fate, he finds, has other plans.</p>

<p>A charming little jewel of a film, full of grace and subtle wickedness.</p>

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