Vale Abraão / Abraham’s valley

Μυθοπλασία/Fiction, Πορτογαλία, Γαλλία, Ελβετία/Portugal, France, Switzerland, 1993, 189 ́, 35mm, Έγχρ./Color, Πορτογαλικά/Portuguese

The film is an adaptation of the novel, with the same title, by Augustina Bessa-Luis, which in turn is a Portuguese version of Flaubert’s masterpiece Madame Bovary. It is shot on location in the northern wine district of the river Douro. De Oliveira portrays the narrow-minded provincialism against Ema’s sexual freedom. Ema, played by Leonor Silveira, is a woman of stunning beauty, who feels trapped in her marriage and craves for love and luxury.

Σκηνοθεσία/Direction: Manoel de Oliveira
Σενάριο/Screenplay Manoel de Oliveira
Φωτογραφία/ Cinematography: Mário Barroso
Μοντάζ/Editing: Manoel de Oliveira, Valérie Loiseleux
Ήχος/Sound: Henri Maïkoff
Ηθοποιοί/Cast: Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ruy de Carvalho
Παραγωγός/Producer: Paulo Branco
Προέλευση ταινίας/Film Source: Πορτογαλική Ταινιοθήκη-Μουσείο Κινηματογράφου/Portuguese Cinematheque-Museum of Cinema

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