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Abraham's Valley

Name: Abraham's Valley
Released: 1993

Vale Abraão

1993

A strikingly beautiful young woman is married off to a doctor she does not love and drifts through a life of stifled desire and quiet rebellion in the Douro valley, a modern echo of Madame Bovary. Manoel de Oliveira's stately, literary epic.

Why it’s here

Manoel de Oliveira's Portuguese-language adaptation of Agustina Bessa-Luís.

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Part of 10 Essential Portuguese Films

This film is stop 2 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Portugal. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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