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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]

Abraham's Valley
Vale Abraão
Directed by	Manoel de Oliveira
Written by	Manoel de Oliveira (adapted from a novel by Agustina Bessa-Luís)
Produced by	Paulo Branco
Narrated by	Mário Barroso
Cinematography	Mário Barroso
Edited by	Manoel de Oliveira Valérie Loiseleux
Release date	15 October 1993 (1993-10-15)
Running time	187 minutes 203 minutes (director's cut)[1]
Countries	France Portugal Switzerland
Language	Portuguese

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]

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

External links

• Abraham's Valley at IMDb
• Vale Abraão at amordeperdicao.pt (in Portuguese).

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