Portugal / France / Switzerland,
1993, 187 min
(Director's cut: 203 min)
Directed by:
Manoel de OliveiraScreenplay:
Manoel de OliveiraCinematography:
Mário BarrosoComposer:
Claude DebussyCast:
Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ruy de Carvalho, Diogo Dória, Beatriz Batarda, Miguel Guilherme, Mário Barroso, Teresa Madruga (more)Plots(1)
Ema is a sweet and innocent girl who is so beautiful she turns the head of every man she passes. Her life takes a despairing turn for the worse when her father forces her into a passionless marriage to his friend, a wealthy doctor. To make matters worse, she is relocated to the scenic but unfamiliar and isolated vineyards of Abraham's Valley, Portugal where the breathtaking river Douro flows. Trapped in a marriage to a man she does not love, she scorns her husband and threatens to kill herself rather than submit to his desires. (official distributor synopsis)
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