Abraham's Valley
1993 French film
- 15 October 1993 (1993-10-15)
Running time
203 minutes (director's cut)[1]
Portugal
Switzerland
Abraham's Valley (Portuguese: Vale Abraão) is a 1993 Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira, based on a novel by Agustina Bessa-Luís, and partially inspired by Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary.[2][3] The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[4][5]
Production
Abraham's Valley was filmed in 1.66:1 on 35 mm film.[1]
Plot
Set in mid-20th century Portugal, in the vicinity of Lamego, Ema is a beautiful young girl who is married off to Carlos, an older doctor and friend of her father's. Dissatisfied, she takes several lovers.[6][7]
Cast
- Leonor Silveira as Ema Cardeano Paiva
- Cécile Sanz de Alba as young Ema
- Luís Miguel Cintra as Carlos Paiva, Ema's husband
- Ruy de Carvalho as Paulino Cardeano, Ema's father
Reception
It won the Critics Award at the 1993 São Paulo International Film Festival and the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 1993 Tokyo International Film Festival.[8] It will be screened at the upcoming 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
See also
- List of submissions to the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Portuguese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ a b "Abraham's Valley (1993) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (October 5, 1993). "Review/Film Festival; Following Flaubert, An Eminent Director Finds a Fresh Ema". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Andrew, Geoff (June 1, 2001). Film: The Critics' Choice : 150 Masterpieces of World Cinema Selected and Defined by the Experts. Aurum Press. ISBN 9781854107985 – via Google Books.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ Frook, John Evan (30 November 1993). "Acad inks Cates, unveils foreign-language entries". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
- ^ Bruhn, Jorgen (11 July 2013). Adaptation Studies. A&C Black. ISBN 9781441192660.
- ^ "Abraham's Valley (1993)" – via letterboxd.com.
- ^ Craddock, James M.; Gale (Firm), Thomson (June 1, 2008). The Video Source Book: A Guide to Programs Currently Available on Video in the Areas Of: Movies/entertainment, General Interest/education, Sports/recreation, Fine Arts, Health/science, Business/industry, Children/juvenile, how To/instruction. Thomson Gale. ISBN 9781414401003 – via Google Books.
External links
- Abraham's Valley at IMDb
- Vale Abraão at amordeperdicao.pt (in Portuguese).
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Films directed by Manoel de Oliveira
- Douro, Faina Fluvial
- Aniki-Bóbó
- The Artist and the City
- Rite of Spring
- The Hunt
- Past and Present
- Benilde or the Virgin Mother
- Doomed Love
- Francisca
- The Satin Slipper
- My Case
- The Cannibals
- No, or the Vain Glory of Command
- The Divine Comedy
- Day of Despair
- Abraham's Valley
- The Box
- The Convent
- Party
- Voyage to the Beginning of the World
- Anxiety
- The Letter
- Word and Utopia
- I'm Going Home
- Porto of My Childhood
- The Uncertainty Principle
- A Talking Picture
- The Fifth Empire
- Magic Mirror
- Belle Toujours
- Christopher Columbus – The Enigma
- Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
- The Strange Case of Angelica
- Gebo and the Shadow
- The Old Man of Belem
- Visit or Memories and Confessions
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