

Abraham's Valley
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.
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- Language
- Portuguese
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereTelluride Film Festival5 Sept 1993
- PremiereNew York Film Festival5 Oct 1993
- Theatrical (limited)22 Dec 1993
- Theatrical21 Jan 1994
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical23 Sept 1994
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival12 Sept 1993
ArgentinaAR
- PremiereMar del Plata Film Festival17 Nov 1997
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical15 Jun 1994
BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival4 Nov 1993
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereCinEd@ys Film Festival22 Nov 2002
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival2 Jun 2004
- Theatrical (limited)15+15 Jul 2004
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Directors' Fortnight20 May 1993
- Theatrical1 Sept 1993
- Theatrical (limited)Cinémathèque française15 Dec 2010
- Theatrical (limited)Cinémathèque française20 Oct 2012
- Theatrical (limited)Cinémathèque française15 Feb 2021
- Theatrical (limited)Cinémathèque française1 Jun 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical3 Feb 1994
Hong KongHK
- PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival31 Mar 2024
JapanJP
- PremiereTokyo Film Festival3 Oct 1993
- Theatrical29 Oct 1994
- PremierePortuguese Cinema Festival22 Sept 2010
- PremiereTakasaki Film Festival3 Apr 2016
NetherlandsNL
- PremiereInternational Film Festival Rotterdam31 Jan 1994
- Theatrical24 Nov 1994
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Abraham's Valley was released on 1 September 1993.
Audience reviews
1- F1/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
10/30/2022
**A film that, due to its dominant atmosphere and boring slowness, seems like a funeral service.** My opinion about Portuguese cinema has never been the best. I have always considered that, despite the beauty of the places in our country and the quality of the actors and technical personnel, there are no directors capable of doing something that is, at the same time, minimally palatable to the general public and t…
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