Vale Abraão

Name: Vale Abraão
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993-09-01
Duration: 3 h 7 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra

19931993
3h 7m

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7.3/10

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Drama

Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. Young marries Dr. Carlo Paiva, who she is not attracted to, but is her father's friend. They move to th... Read allEma is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. Young marries Dr. Carlo Paiva, who she is not attracted to, but is her father's friend. They move to the Valley of Abraham. Carlo loves her, but decides to sleep in a separate room, to avoid wa... Read allEma is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. Young marries Dr. Carlo Paiva, who she is not attracted to, but is her father's friend. They move to the Valley of Abraham. Carlo loves her, but decides to sleep in a separate room, to avoid waking Ema when he has to return late at night. With time she begins to feel unhappy about h... Read all

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7.3/10

1.4K

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Director
- Manoel de Oliveira
Writers
- Agustina Bessa-Luís(novel)
- Manoel de Oliveira(adaptation)
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Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

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Goofs
Ema claims that "rose" derives from the "old Brahman language" (Sanskrit) where it means "swinger". In reality, the word is derived ultimately from Old Persian wrda-, "flower", from the Proto-Indo-European root *wrdhos ("sweetbriar"), perhaps related to a word meaning "grow."

Connections
Featured in Le procès d'Emma Bovary (2021)

Soundtracks
Clair de Lune (Mondschein)
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Nuno Vieira de Almeida (piano)

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dream atmosphere

I thought it was Rio Paiva. Definitely not Ribeira Grande. But then I discovered the beauty of Douro connection with Paiva. First of all, this is not a movie. There are no: high budget, jet set, studio tricks, special effects; neither any interest on that subject/form of film-making. Which is good, because it identifies Portuguese history (time and space) trough still images, giving some approach to Portuguese society and its complexity in terms of traditional behavior. This is a good film to fall asleep and then watch it sleeping. The process in which the narrative is constructed is very similar to other great Oliveira's masterpieces. As a film that you can watch sleeping, I do not pretend to make my statement as cynical as some would guess. But, instead of that, I pretend to clearly point this movie as one of the most potential surreal films I've ever watched. The plot makes it own sense if you really want to get involve in its own poetry. This is not a star system production, fortunately. Therefore, "watch it, then argue into the night".

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