Francisca
6.9
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
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Teresa Menezes
Francisca "Fanny" Owen
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Diogo Dória
José Augusto
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Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
Mário Barroso
Camilo Castelo Branco
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God's Comedy
Correspondences
Lia Gama
D. Josefa
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A Herdeira
Doomed Love
Rui Mendes
Manuel Negrão
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Ouro Verde
Sunset
Cecília Guimarães
Judite
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A Minha Família é Uma Animação
Maria's Hours
João Guedes
Marques
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A Bee in the Rain
Change of Life
Glória de Matos
Rita Owen
Also in
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
Benilde or the Virgin Mother
João Bénard da Costa
Baron
Known for
To Each His Own Cinema
Manuela de Freitas
Raquel
Also in
Recollections of the Yellow House
Fragments of an Alms-Film
Teresa Madruga
Franzina
Known for
Tabu
Imagine
Isabel de Castro
Senhora de Rocha Pinto
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Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Anjo Selvagem
Manoel de Oliveira Director · Agustina Bessa-Luís Author João Paes Composer
First release May 20, 1981 · Produced in Portugal · Languages English, Latin, Portuguese
Production
V.O. Filmes
Production
Portugal
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
English · Latin · Portuguese
Release dates
France · May 20, 1981
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival (Directors' Fortnight)
Portugal · December 3, 1981
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
October 16, 2026 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival (Paulo Branco Retrospective - 4K Restoration)
Czechia
November 17, 2002 · Premiere · CinEd@ys Film Week
France
November 25, 1981 · Theatrical
May 6, 1998 · Theatrical · Re-release
July 12, 2023 · Theatrical · Re-release (4K Restoration)
Greece
November 23, 1997 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Italy
September 1, 1981 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
August 29, 2019 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival (Restored Version)
Netherlands
June 3, 1982 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 1, 1981 · Premiere · 10.º Festival Internacional de Cinema da Figueira da Foz
July 25, 1997 · Theatrical · Re-release
September 5, 2020 · Premiere · IndieLisboa (Restored Version)
South Korea
October 11, 2011 · Premiere · Pusan International Film Festival
Spain
January 28, 2022 · Limited theatrical · A Coruña & Barcelona (Subtitled Version, 4K Restoration)
January 29, 2022 · Limited theatrical · Madrid (Subtitled Version, 4K Restoration)
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