Directed by:
Manoel de OliveiraScreenplay:
Manoel de OliveiraCinematography:
Mário BarrosoComposer:
Claude DebussyCast:
Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ruy de Carvalho, Diogo Dória, Beatriz Batarda, Miguel Guilherme, Mário Barroso, Teresa Madruga (more)Plots(1)
Ema is a sweet and innocent girl who is so beautiful she turns the head of every man she passes. Her life takes a despairing turn for the worse when her father forces her into a passionless marriage to his friend, a wealthy doctor. To make matters worse, she is relocated to the scenic but unfamiliar and isolated vineyards of Abraham's Valley, Portugal where the breathtaking river Douro flows. Trapped in a marriage to a man she does not love, she scorns her husband and threatens to kill herself rather than submit to his desires. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Leonor Silveira
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
John From (2015)
Cécile Sanz de Alba
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
Have Mercy on Us All (2007)
L'Empire du tigre (2005) (TV movie)
Luís Miguel Cintra
Spain
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
Ruy de Carvalho
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
Sunday Afternoon (1966)
Diogo Dória
Portugal
Best movies:
The Portuguese Nun (2009)
Abraham's Valley (1993)
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
Beatriz Batarda
UK
Best movies:
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
The Portuguese Nun (2009)
Blood of My Blood (2011)
Miguel Guilherme
Portugal
Best movies:
The House of the Spirits (1993)
Abraham's Valley (1993)
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
Mário Barroso
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
Operação Outono (2012)
A Comédia de Deus (1995)
Teresa Madruga
Portugal
Best movies:
In the White City (1983)
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, the Desolate One (2015)
Blood of My Blood (2011)
Isabel de Castro
Portugal
Best movies:
Amo-te, Teresa (2000) (TV movie)
Abraham's Valley (1993)
Sunday Afternoon (1966)
Isabel Ruth
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
Lourdes: A Story of Faith, Science and Miracles (2000) (TV movie)
Sunday Afternoon (1966)
João Perry
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
Luís Lima Barreto
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
Capitaines d'avril (2000)
Operação Outono (2012)
Laura Soveral
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
Lourdes: A Story of Faith, Science and Miracles (2000) (TV movie)
Tabu (2012)
Dalila Carmo
Portugal
Best movies:
Queen Margot (1994)
Abraham's Valley (1993)
A Comédia de Deus (1995)
Filipe Cochofel
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
Glória de Matos
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
Os Canibais (1988)
Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (2009)