In his latest film, Christopher Columbus, The Enigm, ninety-nine-year-old Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira evokes the Portuguese maritime explorations. The film portrays the story of an incredible couple as they share a life's journey and a love for the sea, all while striving on both sides of the Atlantic to uncover the enigma of Columbus's true origins. According to their belief, the navigator was in fact Portuguese, born in a small town called Cuba in Portugal's Alentejo region.