Vale Abraão : Val Abraham / argumento e diálogos de Manoel de Oliveira ; [producer, Paulo Branco ; writer, Augustina Bessa-Luis].

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[Costa Mesa, Calif.] : Vanguard Cinema/Sceneries Distribution, [2002], ©1993.
Description1 videodisc (187 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorOliveira, Manoel de, 1908-2015
Other author/creatorBranco, Paulo.
Other author/creatorLuís, Agustina Bessa Vale Abraão.
Other author/creatorSilveira, Leonor, 1970-
Other author/creatorAlba, Cécile Sanz de.
Other author/creatorCintra, Miguel Luís.
Other author/creatorCarvalho, Rui de.
Other author/creatorBarreto, Luís Lima.
Other author/creatorBarroso, Mário.
Other author/creatorLoiseleux, Valérie.
Other author/creatorVanguard Cinema (Firm)
Other author/creatorSceneries Distribution (Firm)
Parallel title Val Abraham
Variant title Title on disc surface and container: Abraham's Valley
SeriesClassic European cinema
Classic European cinema. ^A564437
Abstract Story of Ema, a very attractive young girl with enormous power over men. She marries Dr. Carlo Paiva, who she is not attracted to, but is her father's friend and they move to the Valley of Abraham. With time she begins to feel unhappy about her marriage, so, with all the freedom she has, she takes a lover. A Portuguese reworking of themes from "Madame Bovary."
General noteBased on the novel by Agustina Bessa-Luís.
CreditsCinematography, Mário Barroso ; editors, Manoel de Oliveira, Valerie Loiseleux.
Performer Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ruy de Carvalho, Luis Lima Barreto.
Date/time/place of a event noteOriginally released as motion picture in 1993.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguagePortuguese dialogue, English subtitles.
UPC 658769212334
Publisher numberVF0113 Vanguard Cinema
Stock numberMidwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com

Availability

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Joyner Compact DVDs PN1997 .V2245 2001 DVD ✔ Available Place Hold