The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 3h 24m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
46 audience votes
Key crew
- Manoel de OliveiraDirector
- Manoel de OliveiraScreenplay
Cast
- Leonor SilveiraEma Cardeano Paiva
- Luís Miguel CintraCarlos de Paiva
- Ruy de CarvalhoPaulino Cardeano
- Cécile Sanz de AlbaEma (young)
- Luís Lima BarretoPedro Luminares
- Micheline LarpinSimona
- Diogo DóriaFernando Osório
- José PintoCaires
- Filipe CochofelFortunato
- João PerryPedro Dossém
- Glória de MatosMaria do Loreto
- António ReisSemblano