Mbere yo kuba umukinnyi wa firime, na kera cyane mbere yuko aba umukinnyi wa firime uzwi cyane muri Portugale, Manoel de Oliveira yari asanzwe azwi kubera izindi mpamvu.
Abifashijwemo na musaza we, Casimiro de Oliveira, n'inshuti nyinshi, Manoel, akiri muto, yitangiye imyaka myinshi y'ubuzima bwe muri siporo. Kimwe no mubindi bice byinshi byubuzima bwe burebure, yishimiye kandi intsinzi muri motorsport.
Nubundi buzima bwa Manoel, umushoferi, twubaha uyumunsi. Sinema yatakaje umukinnyi wa firime, siporo yimodoka itwara indege na Portugal umuntu ukomeye. Kugira ngo duherekeze iyi ngingo, dusohora amafoto yafatiwe kuri Circuito da Gávea mu 1938, i Rio de Janeiro, ubwo Manoel de Oliveira yatsindaga umwanya wa 3 ku ruziga rwa Ford “Menéres & Ferreirinha” ifite numero 10.
Kubashaka kumenya byinshi kuriyi ngingo ya Manoel de Oliveira, turasaba igitabo "Manoel de Oliveira, Piloto de automobiles" cyanditswe na José Barros Rodrigues, cyanditswe na Kaleidoscope.
Amashusho: “Manoel de Oliveira, umushoferi w'imodoka”, na José Barros Rodrigues ukoresheje O Estado das Artes