Abraham's Valley
Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. In her youth she marries Dr. Carlos Paiva, her father's friend, to whom she is not attracted. They move to the valley of Abraham. Carlos loves her, but decides to sleep in a separate room to avoid waking Ema when he has to return late at night. As time goes by she begins to feel unhappy about her marriage, so she finds a new lover.
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Leonor Silveira
Ema Cardeano Paiva
Known for
The Strange Case of Angelica
Luís Miguel Cintra
Carlos de Paiva
Known for
The Strange Case of Angelica
The Dancer Upstairs
Ruy de Carvalho
Paulino Cardeano
Known for
Turn of the Tide
Cécile Sanz de Alba
Ema (young)
Also in
Wacko
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
Luís Lima Barreto
Pedro Luminares
Also in
The Sword and the Rose
Dead Man's Seat
Micheline Larpin
Simona
Also in
The River That Carries Us Along
Diogo Dória
Fernando Osório
Known for
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
José Pinto
Caires
Also in
The Portuguese Falcon
Inquietude
Filipe Cochofel
Fortunato
Also in
Até Amanhã, Camaradas
Blind Man's Bluff
João Perry
Pedro Dossém
Also in
The Maias: Story of a Portuguese Family
Fragments of an Alms-Film
Glória de Matos
Maria do Loreto
Also in
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
Benilde or the Virgin Mother
António Reis
Semblano
Known for
The Strange Case of Angelica
Manoel de Oliveira Director · Agustina Bessa-Luís Author Mário Barroso Cinematographer
United States release December 22, 1993 · Produced in Portugal, Switzerland, France · Production Madragoa Filmes, Light Night
Production
Gemini Films
Production
Madragoa Filmes
Production
Light Night
Production
Portugal · Switzerland · France
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Languages
Original title
Vale Abraão
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
France · May 20, 1993
Premiere · Cannes Directors' Fortnight
Portugal · October 15, 1993
Theatrical
United States · December 22, 1993
Limited theatrical
United States
September 5, 1993 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
October 5, 1993 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
January 21, 1994 · Theatrical
Argentina
November 17, 1997 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Belgium
June 15, 1994 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 4, 1993 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
Canada
September 12, 1993 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
November 22, 2002 · Premiere · CinEd@ys Film Festival
June 2, 2004 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
July 15, 2004 · Limited theatrical
France
September 1, 1993 · Theatrical
December 15, 2010 · Limited theatrical · Cinémathèque française
October 20, 2012 · Limited theatrical · Cinémathèque française
February 15, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Cinémathèque française
June 1, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Cinémathèque française
Germany
February 3, 1994 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
March 31, 2024 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Japan
October 3, 1993 · Premiere · Tokyo Film Festival
October 29, 1994 · Theatrical
September 22, 2010 · Premiere · Portuguese Cinema Festival
April 3, 2016 · Premiere · Takasaki Film Festival
Netherlands
January 31, 1994 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
November 24, 1994 · Theatrical
Portugal
December 18, 1998 · Theatrical · Director's cut
South Korea
October 10, 2011 · Premiere · Pusan International Film Festival
May 3, 2024 · Premiere · Jeonju International Film Festival
Spain
June 1, 1994 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 5, 1994 · Premiere · Goteborg Film Festival
January 1, 1999 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 23, 1994 · Theatrical
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