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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Leonor Silveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ruy de Carvalho, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Lima Barreto, Micheline Larpin
Crew: Manoel de Oliveira (Director), Agustina Bessa-Luís (Novel), Mário Barroso (Director of Photography), Valérie Loiseleux (Editor), Manoel de Oliveira (Screenplay), Paulo Branco (Producer)
Country: Portugal, Switzerland, France
Language: Português
Studio: Gemini Films, Madragoa Filmes, Light Night
Runtime: 203 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 01, 1993
IMDb: 3.5
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