The Strange Case Of Angelica (2010)

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Isaac (Ricardo Trepa), a photographer living in rural northern Portugal, is hired by a well-to-do family to take funerary pictures of their daughter Angelica (Pilar Lopez de Ayala), who died on her wedding day. When Angelica appears to open her eyes and look at him during the shoot, a shocked Isaac becomes obsessed with his subject, believing that she lives on through his photos. Centenarian filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira's haunting fantasy also stars Leonor Silveira, Ana Maria Magalhaes. 95 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Portuguese; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurette; documentary "Oliveira L'Architecte" (1992); bonus short "Douro, Faina Fluvial" (1931); theatrical trailer. In Portuguese with English subtitles.

SKU: D38906

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Category:: Foreign
Director:: Manoel De Oliveira
Rated:: NR
Color:: Color
Format:: Widescreen
Closed Captioned:: No; Cast: Pilar Lopez De Ayala, Ricardo Trepa, Filipe Vargas, Luis Miguel Cintra, Ana Maria Magalhaes, Isabel Ruth, Leonor Silveira
Also On:: Blu-ray Widescreen

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