Asanakhale wopanga mafilimu, komanso asanakhale wojambula wotchuka kwambiri wachipwitikizi wanthawi zonse, Manoel de Oliveira anali kale wotchuka pazifukwa zina.
Atasonkhezeredwa ndi mchimwene wake wamkulu, Casimiro de Oliveira, ndi mabwenzi angapo, Manoel, yemwe adakali wamng’ono, anapereka zaka zingapo za moyo wake ku maseŵera othamanga. Monga mbali zina zambiri za moyo wake wautali, adasangalalanso ndi ulemerero ndi kupambana mu motorsport.
Ndi moyo wina uwu wa Manoel, woyendetsa galimoto, umene tikuulemekeza lerolino. Cinema adataya wopanga filimu wake, masewera oyendetsa ndege komanso Portugal munthu wamkulu. Kutsagana ndi nkhaniyi, tikusindikiza zithunzi zojambulidwa ku Circuito da Gávea mu 1938, ku Rio de Janeiro, pomwe Manoel de Oliveira adapambana malo achitatu pagalimoto la Ford "Menéres & Ferreirinha" yokhala ndi nambala 10.
Kwa iwo amene akufuna kudziŵa zambiri za mbali imeneyi ya Manoel de Oliveira, tikulangiza buku lakuti “Manoel de Oliveira, Piloto de automobiles” lolembedwa ndi José Barros Rodrigues, lochokera kwa wofalitsa Kaleidoscope.
Zithunzi: "Manoel de Oliveira, driver driver", yolembedwa ndi José Barros Rodrigues via O Estado das Artes