Abraham's Valley

Abraham's Valley (1993)

Vale Abraão

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.

Date of release
1993-09-01
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (46)
Runtime
3h 24m
Genres
Drama
Director
Manoel de Oliveira

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Abraham's Valley is a 1993 Portuguese drama film written and directed by Manoel de Oliveira, based on the novel of same name by Agustina Bessa-Luís, which is partially inspired by Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary. It stars Leonor Silveira, Luís Miguel Cintra and Ruy de Carvalho.

Production

Abraham's Valley was filmed in 1.66:1 on 35 mm film by cinematographer Mário Barroso.

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