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Francisca

  • 19811981
  • 2h 46m
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Francisca (1981)
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
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The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
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    • Manoel de Oliveira
    • Agustina Bessa-Luís(novel "Fanny Owen")
    • Manoel de Oliveira(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Teresa Menezes
    • Diogo Dória
    • Mário Barroso
    • Manoel de Oliveira
    • Agustina Bessa-Luís(novel "Fanny Owen")
    • Manoel de Oliveira(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Teresa Menezes
    • Diogo Dória
    • Mário Barroso
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    Teresa Menezes
    • Francisca 'Fanny' Owen
    Diogo Dória
    Diogo Dória
    • José Augusto
    Mário Barroso
    • Camilo (escritor Camilo Castelo Branco)
    Francisco Brás
    Nuno Carinhas
    • Marcelino de Matos
    João Bénard da Costa
      Isabel de Castro
      Isabel de Castro
      Manuela de Freitas
      • Raquel
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      • Rita Owen
      Lia Gama
      Lia Gama
      • D. Josefa
      João Guedes
      • Marques
      Cecília Guimarães
      • Judite
      Adelaide João
      Adelaide João
      • Clotilde
      Teresa Madruga
      Teresa Madruga
      • Franzina (frail)
      Alexandre Melo
      • Raimundo
      • (as Alexandre Brandão de Melo)
      Rui Mendes
      Rui Mendes
      • Manuel Negrão
      António Caldeira Pires
      • José de Melo
      • (as Antonio Caldeira Pires)
      Sílvia Rato
      • Maria Owen
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        • Agustina Bessa-Luís(novel "Fanny Owen")
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        Portugal's submission to "Best Foreign Language Film" for the 55th Academy Awards.
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        Follows Past and Present (1972)

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      • Release date
        • December 3, 1981 (Portugal)
        • Portugal
        • Grasshopper Film
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        • Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal
      • Production company
        • V.O. Filmes
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      • 2 hours 46 minutes
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