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Abraham's Valley

7.5 203 mins Drama   1993
Gemini Films   Madragoa Filmes   Light Night  
Director(s): Manoel de Oliveira

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.

Casts of Abraham's Valley

Leonor Silveira

as Ema Cardeano Paiva

Luís Miguel Cintra

as Carlos de Paiva

Ruy de Carvalho

as Paulino Cardeano

Cécile Sanz de Alba

as Ema (young)

Luís Lima Barreto

as Pedro Luminares

Micheline Larpin

as Simona

Diogo Dória

as Fernando Osório

José Pinto

as Caires

Filipe Cochofel

as Fortunato

João Perry

as Pedro Dossém

Glória de Matos

as Maria do Loreto

António Reis

as Semblano

Isabel Ruth

as Ritinha

Dina Treno

as Branca

Dalila Carmo

as Marina

Sofia Alves

as Lolota (little girl)

Beatriz Batarda

as Luisona (little girl) / Young Ema (voice)

Júlia Buisel

as Melo Sister #2

Laura Soveral

as Aunt Augusta

Miguel Guilherme

as Motorcyclist

Marques D'Arede

as Priest #1

Mário Barroso

as Narrator (voice)

Argentina Rocha

as Carlos' first wife

Rui Oliveira

as Rapaz Adolescente # 2

Ricardo Trêpa

as Extra

António Vaz Mendes

as 1 Rapazola

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