THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA
synopsis
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, Angélica will haunt him night and day, until exhaustion.
international title: | The Strange Case of Angelica |
original title: | O Estranho Caso de Angélica |
country: | Portugal, France, Spain |
sales agent: | Pyramide International |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Manoel de Oliveira |
film run: | 97' |
release date: | FR 16/03/2011, NL 24/11/2011 |
screenplay: | Manoel de Oliveira |
cast: | Luís Miguel Cintra, Pilar López de Ayala, Ana Maria Magalhaes, Isabel Ruth, Leonor Silveira, Ricardo Trêpa |
cinematography by: | Sabine Lancelin |
film editing: | Valérie Loiseleux |
art director: | José Pedro Penha, Christian Marti |
producer: | Pilar López de Ayala, Ricardo Trêpa, Filipe Vargas, Lluís Miñarro |
production: | Filmes do Tejo, Eddie Saeta, Les Films de l'Après-midi, Ministério da Cultura, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) |
distributor: | Epicentre Films, Amstelfilm |