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Abraham's Valley
Abraham's Valley () is a 1993 Portuguese-language drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira, based on a novel by Agustina Bessa-Luís. The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
Cast.
- Leonor Silveira as Ema Cardeano Paiva
- Cécile Sanz de Alba as young Ema
- Luís Miguel Cintra as Carlos Paiva, Ema's husband
- Ruy de Carvalho as Paulino Cardeano, Ema
film was shot in the same house that Branco lived his final years and committed suicide and is both a documentary and a narrative film about the famous Portuguese writer. In 1993 Oliveira made "Abraham's Valley" ("Vale Abraão"), based on the novel by Agustina Bessa-Luís. Oliveira had wanted to film Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary", but was dissuaded by producer Paulo Branco due to budgetary restraints. Oliveira then suggested to Bessa-Luís that she write an updated version of the novel set in