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The Strange Case of Angelica

OT: O Estranho Caso de Angélica

Manoel de Oliveira | Spain, France, Portugal, Brazil 2010

Feature | 97 min | FF2010

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Synopse

Isaac is a young photographer living in a boarding house in Régua. In the middle of the night, he receives an urgent call from a wealthy family to come and take the last photograph of their daughter, Angelica, who died just a few days after her wedding. Arriving at the house of mourning, Isaac gets his first glimpse of Angelica and is overwhelmed by her beauty. As soon as he looks at her through the lens of his camera, the young woman appears to come back to life just for him. Isaac instantly falls in love with her. From that moment on, Angelica will haunt him night and day, until exhaustion.


Regie

Manoel de Oliveira (*1908) is probablythe most influential directors in Portugal –and with his 102 years of age the oldest one.He was already over 60 when he startedmaking films.

Info

Original Title: O Estranho Caso de Angélica

Category: Feature

Section: Vitrina

Version & Subtitles: Portuguese OV

Director & Screenplay: Manoel de Oliveira

Cast/Protagonists: Ricardo Trępa, Pilar López de Ayala, Leonor Silveira, Luís Miguel Cintra

Production country: Spain, France, Portugal, Brazil

Year of Production: 2010

Length: 97 min

Producer: François d’Artemare, Maria Joăo Mayer

Production company: Filmes do Tejo II


Cinematography: Sabine Lancelin

Editor: Valérie Loiseleux

Production Design: Christian Marti, José Pedro Penha

World Sales: Sébastien Fouque, Pyramide International