In this artful film by 85-year old director Manoel de Oliveira, the heroine, instead of being powerless in the face of a world ruled by men, finds herself to be far too powerful. Beginning when she was a child, Ema (Leonor Silveira as an adult) had the kind of looks and manner that could stop cars ...more
Year: 1993 | Running Time: 189 minutes
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- Leonor Silveira - Ema Cardeano Paiva
- Luis Miguel Cintra - Carlo Paiva
- Ruy de Carvalho - Paulino Cardeano
- Teresa Madruga - Simona
- Mario Barroso - Narrator
- Isabel de Castro - Melo Sister #1
- Beatriz Batarda - Luisona (little girl) (also young Ema's voice)
- Julia Buisel - Melo Sister #2
- Laura Soveral - Aunt Augusta
- Miguel Guilherme - Motorcyclist
- Sofia Alves - Lolota (little girl)
- Diogo Doria - Fernando Osorio
- Felipe Cochofel - Fortunato
- Joao Perry - Pedro Dossem
- Manoel de Oliveira - Director
- Paulo Branco - Producer
- Manoel de Oliveira - Screenwriter
- Agustina Bessa-Luis - Book Author
- Patricia Plattner - Associate Producer
- Isabel Branco - Costume Designer
- Manoel de Oliveira - Editor
- Valerie Loiseleux - Editor
- Maria Jose Branco - Production Designer
- Mario Barroso - Cinematographer
- Henri Maikoff - Sound/Sound Designer
- Claude Debussy - Featured Music
- Gabriel Fauré - Featured Music











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