The Strange Case of Angelica
OT: O Estranho Caso de Angélica
Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal, Spain, France, Brazil, 2010
Fiction Feature | FF2010
Story
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.
Director
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
O Estranho Caso de Angélica
Fiction Feature
Portuguese
Vitrina | FF2010
Portugal, Spain, France, Brazil
2010
97 min
OV
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