Summary A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro Abrunhosa, a poet and performance artist. He also loves her. She keeps her distance from him, confessing her love to a friend who is a nun and, later, to her husband. Hunger for her love and jealousy consume him; she attends him as he wastes away. With his death, she can marry and express her passion, but what she does and how she explains herself, particularly to her cloistered friend, is at the heart of the film. Glimpses of convent life and of Abrunhosa on stage give contrast and mute comment. View more details
Directed : Manoel de Oliveira
Written : Madame de La Fayette Manoel de Oliveira Jacques Parsi
Stars : Chiara Mastroianni Leonor Silveira Pedro Abrunhosa Antoine Chappey
Genres : Drama
Release date : Sep 21, 1999
Countries of origin : France Spain Portugal
Official sites : Madragoa Films
Language : French Portuguese
Filming locations : Paris, France
Production companies : Gemini Films Madragoa Filmes Wanda Films
Summary A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro Abrunhosa, a poet and performance artist. He also loves her. She keeps her distance from him, confessing her love to a friend who is a nun and, later, to her husband. Hunger for her love and jealousy consume him; she attends him as he wastes away. With his death, she can marry and express her passion, but what she does and how she explains herself, particularly to her cloistered friend, is at the heart of the film. Glimpses of convent life and of Abrunhosa on stage give contrast and mute comment. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Sep 21, 1999
Countries of origin : France Spain Portugal
Official sites : Madragoa Films
Language : French Portuguese
Filming locations : Paris, France
Production companies : Gemini Films Madragoa Filmes Wanda Films
