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






