Abraham's Valley
{{Infobox film
| name = Abraham's Valley
| native_name = Vale Abraão
| image = Abraham's Valley poster.jpg
| caption =
|narrator=Mário Barroso
| director = Manoel de Oliveira
| producer = Paulo Branco
| screenplay = Manoel de Oliveira
| based_on = The novel by Agustina Bessa-Luís
| starring = Leonor Silveira
Luís Miguel Cintra
| music =
| cinematography = Mário Barroso
| editing = Manoel de Oliveira
Valérie Loiseleux
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1993|10|15|df=yes}}
| runtime = 187 minutes
203 minutes (director's cut){{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108471/technical|title=Abraham's Valley (1993) - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}}
| country = France
Portugal
Switzerland
| language = Portuguese
| budget =
}}
Abraham's Valley ({{langx|pt|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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/05/movies/review-film-festival-following-flaubert-an-eminent-director-finds-a-fresh-ema.html|title=Review/Film Festival; Following Flaubert, An Eminent Director Finds a Fresh Ema|first=Vincent|last=Canby|work=The New York Times |date=October 5, 1993|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=znlZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Abraham%E2%80%99s+Valley+%22+douro|title=Film: The Critics' Choice : 150 Masterpieces of World Cinema Selected and Defined by the Experts|first=Geoff|last=Andrew|date=June 1, 2001|publisher=Aurum Press|isbn=9781854107985|via=Google Books}} The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences{{cite journal | last = Frook | first = John Evan | title = Acad inks Cates, unveils foreign-language entries | journal = Variety | date = 30 November 1993 | url = https://www.variety.com/article/VR116185.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130208224805/http://www.variety.com/article/VR116185.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 8 February 2013 | accessdate = 25 August 2008 }}
Production
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.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7RtMAQAAQBAJ&q=%22Abraham%E2%80%99s+Valley+%22&pg=PA191|title=Adaptation Studies|isbn=9781441192660|last1=Bruhn|first1=Jorgen|date=11 July 2013|publisher=A&C Black }}{{Cite web|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/abrahams-valley/|title=Abraham's Valley (1993)|via=letterboxd.com}}
Cast
- Leonor Silveira as Ema Cardeano Paiva
- Luís Miguel Cintra as Carlos Paiva, Ema's husband
- Cécile Sanz de Alba as young Ema
- 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.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qf4w2pPi27IC&q=%22Abraham%E2%80%99s+Valley+%22|title=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|first1=James M.|last1=Craddock|first2=Thomson|last2=Gale (Firm)|date=June 1, 2008|publisher=Thomson Gale|isbn=9781414401003|via=Google Books}} It was screened at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival for the film's 30th anniversary.{{Cite web |title=La Quinzaine des Cinéastes, du 17 au 26 mai 2023 à Cannes |url=https://www.francetelevisions.fr/et-vous/notre-tele/partenariats/la-quinzaine-des-cineastes-du-17-au-26-mai-2023-a-cannes-17153 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=France tv & vous |language=fr}}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{Rotten Tomatoes}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081004211159/http://www.amordeperdicao.pt/basedados_filmes.asp?filmeid=78 Vale Abraão] at amordeperdicao.pt {{in lang|pt}}.
{{Manoel de Oliveira}}
{{Madame Bovary}}
{{Portuguese submissions for Academy Awards}}
Category:Films based on works by Agustina Bessa-Luís
Category:Films directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Category:Films produced by Paulo Branco
Category:1990s Portuguese-language films
Category:Portuguese drama films