Vale Abraão (Abraham's Valley) (1993)
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 1
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 0
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In this artful film by 85-year old director Manoel de Oliveira, the heroine, instead of being powerless in the face of a world ruled by men, finds herself to be far too powerful. Beginning when she was a child, Ema (Leonor Silveira as an adult) had the kind of looks and manner that could stop cars when she came up to a street -- or cause accidents. As time goes by, she explores her power over men and, as a mature woman, chooses to marry a man who has virtually no machismo so that she can
Jan 1, 1993 Wide
Dec 24, 2002
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Cast
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Leonor Silveira
Ema Cardeano Paiva -
Luís Miguel Cintra
Carlo Paiva -
Ruy de Carvalho
Paulino Cardeano -
Diogo Dória
Fernando Osorio -
Felipe Cochofel
Fortunato -
Joao Perry
Pedro Dossem -
António Reis
Semblano -
Isabel Ruth
Ritinha -
Teresa Madruga
Simona -
Mário Barroso
Narrator -
Isabel de Castro
Melo Sister #1 -
Sofia Alves
Lolota (little girl) -
Beatriz Batarda
Luisona (little girl) (... -
Miguel Guilherme
Motorcyclist -
Júlia Buisel
Melo Sister #2 -
Laura Soveral
Aunt Augusta -
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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (1) | DVD (1)
Subtle, elegant, enigmatic, this movie by the veteran Oliveira exercises a powerful grip.
Top CriticIt mesmerizes, sometimes maddens and tests the emotional and physical reflexes.
This beautifully shot, slow-moving, talky meditation on a life of leisure led by an adulterous woman differs most radically from Flaubert's novel in its indifference to the middle class.
It's both elegant and subtle, a beautifully achieved pic that has a timeless poetical quality.
A great deal of screen time is devoted to the false intellectualism and forced mannerisms of dinner party conversations.
When others would be retiring, Oliveira gives us movie after movie that begs to be indulged, with great affection, as the autumnal output of a codger deserving of, if not destined for, a Lifetime Achievement Oscar.
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Foreign Titles
- Valley of Abraham (Vale Abraao) (DE)
- Valley of Abraham (Vale Abraao) (UK)
