Abraham's Valley Explained

Abraham's Valley
Native Name:	Vale Abraão
Narrator:	Mário Barroso
Director:	Manoel de Oliveira
Producer:	Paulo Branco
Cinematography:	Mário Barroso
Editing:	Manoel de Oliveira Valérie Loiseleux
Runtime:	187 minutes 203 minutes (director's cut)^[1]
Country:	France Portugal Switzerland
Language:	Portuguese

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 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

Accolades and screenings

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 was screened at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival for the film's 40th anniversary.^[9]

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

External links

• • • Vale Abraão at amordeperdicao.pt .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Abraham's Valley (1993) - IMDb. www.imdb.com.
2. News: Review/Film Festival; Following Flaubert, An Eminent Director Finds a Fresh Ema. Vincent. Canby. The New York Times . October 5, 1993. NYTimes.com.
3. Book: Andrew, Geoff. Film: The Critics' Choice : 150 Masterpieces of World Cinema Selected and Defined by the Experts. June 1, 2001. Aurum Press. 9781854107985. Google Books.
4. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
5. Frook . John Evan . Acad inks Cates, unveils foreign-language entries . . 30 November 1993 . https://archive.today/20130208224805/http://www.variety.com/article/VR116185.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 . dead . 8 February 2013 . 25 August 2008 .
6. Book: Adaptation Studies. 9781441192660. Bruhn. Jorgen. 11 July 2013. A&C Black .
7. Web site: Abraham's Valley (1993). letterboxd.com.
8. Book: 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. James M.. Craddock. Thomson. Gale (Firm). June 1, 2008. Thomson Gale. 9781414401003. Google Books.
9. Web site: La Quinzaine des Cinéastes, du 17 au 26 mai 2023 à Cannes . 2024-06-11 . France tv & vous . fr.