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Abraham's Valley (1993)
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Drama · 3h 24m
Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. In her youth she marries Dr. Carlos Paiva, her father's friend, to whom she is not attracted. They move to the valley of Abraham. Carlos loves her, but decides to sleep in a separate room to avoid waking Ema when he has to return late at night. As time goes by she begins to feel unhappy about her marriage, so she finds a new lover.
Cast
Leonor Silveira
Ema Cardeano Paiva
Luís Miguel Cintra
Carlos de Paiva
Ruy de Carvalho
Paulino Cardeano
C
Cécile Sanz de Alba
Ema (young)
Luís Lima Barreto
Pedro Luminares
M
Micheline Larpin
Simona
Diogo Dória
Fernando Osório
José Pinto
Caires
Filipe Cochofel
Fortunato
João Perry
Pedro Dossém
Glória de Matos
Maria do Loreto
António Reis
Semblano
Crew
- Director
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Screenplay
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Novel
- Agustina Bessa-Luís
- Director of Photography
- Mário Barroso
- Editor
- Manoel de Oliveira, Valérie Loiseleux
- Producer
- Paulo Branco
Details
- Original title
- Vale Abraão
- Release date
- 1993-09-01
- Runtime
- 3h 24m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Portugal, Switzerland, France
- Production
- Gemini Films, Madragoa Filmes, Light Night