The Valley of Abraham
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Manoel De Oliveira
Leonor Silveira
Cecile Sanz Dealba
Luis Miguel Cintra
Rui Decarvalho
Luis Lima Barreto
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Having read Flaubert's "Madame Bovary," a beautiful young woman carries on affairs with impossibly provincial men and prepares for a poetic death.
Director
Manoel De Oliveira
Cast
Leonor Silveira
Cecile Sanz Dealba
Luis Miguel Cintra
Rui Decarvalho
Luis Lima Barreto
Micheline Larpin
Diogo D=ria
Jose Pinto
Filipe Cochofel
Joao Perry
Gloria Dematos
Antonio Reis
Isabel Ruth
Laura Soveral
Monoique Dodd
Juliana Samarine
Miguel Guilherme
Nuno Vieira Dealmeida
Isabel Decastro
J'lia Bulsel
Dina Treno
Dalila Carmo E Sousa
Paula Seabra
Vanda Fernandes
Sofia Alves
Leonor Viseu
Beatriz Batarda
Antonio Wagner
Argentina Rocha
Josefina Hungaro
Fernando Bento
Manuel Enes
Ana Queirus
Mercedes Brawand
David Cardoso
Vaz Mendes
Rui Oliveira
Joaquim Nogueira
Lurdes Rocha
Marques Dearedo
Padre Pires
Teresa Madruga
Eurice Dealmeida
Alina Candeias
Maria Barroso
Dalila Carmo
Crew
Alexandre Barradas
Mário Barroso
Michelle Bernet
Agustina Bessa-luis
Isabel Branco
Maria Jose Branco
Paulo Branco
Julia Buisel
Jose Maria Vaz Dasilva
Manoel De Oliveira
Manoel De Oliveira
Manoel De Oliveira
Thierry Delor
Agnes Fierobe
Hans Kunzi
Valerie Loiseleux
Antonio Sequeira Lopes
Henri Maikoff
Joao Marques
Patricia Plattner
Christophe Winding
Marie Jeanne Wyckmans
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States September 1993
Released in United States October 1993
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States January 1994
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Contemporary World Cinema) September 9-18, 1993.
Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 1993.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Manoel de Oliveira Tribute) April 28 - May 12, 1994.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 6-16, 1994.
Augustina Bessa-Luis' novel "Vale Abraao" is loosely based upon Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary."
Released in United States Winter December 22, 1993
Released in United States September 1993 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-6, 1993.)
Released in United States September 1993 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Contemporary World Cinema) September 9-18, 1993.)
Released in United States Winter December 22, 1993
Released in United States October 1993 (Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 1993.)
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Manoel de Oliveira Tribute) April 28 - May 12, 1994.)
Released in United States January 1994 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 6-16, 1994.)
