2010
Unrated
The Cinema Guild
1 h 37 m

2010
Unrated
The Cinema Guild
1 h 37 m

Summary Late one night, Isaac is summoned by a wealthy family to take the last photograph of young bride, Angelica, who mysteriously passed away. Arriving at their estate, Isaac is struck by Angelica's beauty. But when he looks through his lens, the young woman appears to come to life. For that moment, Isaac will be haunted by Angelica day and n...

Directed By: Manoel de Oliveira

Written By: Manoel de Oliveira

2010
Unrated
The Cinema Guild
1 h 37 m

2010
Unrated
The Cinema Guild
1 h 37 m

The Strange Case of Angelica

Name: The Strange Case of Angelica
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2010-12-29
Duration: 1 min 37 s
Rating: 75
Cast: Afonso Bonito, Carmen Santos, Paulo Matos, Ricardo Trêpa, Adelaide Teixeira

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

88% Positive
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Time Out

Dec 23, 2010

Its stunningly composed images showing how Isaac is himself something of a ghost-given to staring off into the distance, being condescended to by those around him, a man perpetually outside the times. What he needs is to take that one extra step toward his spectral siren; the scene in which he does so might be one of the most exhilarating visions of death's sweet embrace ever filmed.

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Los Angeles Times

Mar 10, 2011

This fresh, highly original film, inspired by Oliveira's substantially different, never-filmed 1952 script, has been made with the greatest of ease and simplicity and with drollery and wit, yet its underlying impact is profoundly spiritual.

By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW

Boston Globe

Feb 10, 2011

"Angélica" feels most like the film that argues Oliveira is this close to the beyond without ever bothering to knock first at death's door.

By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW

The A.V. Club

Jan 6, 2011

Too shaggy at times, with digressions into science and history that come out flat and awkward. But there's a sweet, unshakeable poetry in the main idea of the film.

By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Dec 30, 2010

de Oliveira's film is a musical of a sort, its quietude occasionally lifted by work songs or chorales.

By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Dec 29, 2010

The charm of The Strange Case of Angelica lies in the way it balances this mysticism with a thoroughly secular sense of the business of everyday life.

By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

May 13, 2011

An uneven but intriguing piece of whimsy that veers from powerfully symbolic cinematography into self parody.

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Production Company Les Films de l'Après-Midi, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Eddie Saeta S.A., Filmes do Tejo, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA), Lusomundo, Ministério da Cultura, Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo, Programa Ibermedia, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)

Release Date Dec 29, 2010

Duration 1 h 37 m

Rating Unrated

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Website http://crest-inter.co.jp/angelica/

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Awards

Cahiers du Cinéma

• 2 Nominations

Yoga Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Cannes Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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Top Cast

Afonso Bonito

Feitor

Carmen Santos

Mulher do Fotógrafo

Paulo Matos

Homem da Gabardina

Ricardo Trêpa

Isaac

Adelaide Teixeira

Justina

Isabel Ruth

Criada

Sara Carinhas

Freira

António Reis

António

Filipe Vargas

Marido

Pilar López de Ayala

Angélica

Leonor Silveira

Mãe

Maria Marques Gomes

1ª Senhora

Maria Luísa Maia Pinto

2ª Senhora

Ricardo Aibéo

Mendigo

Daniela Costa

Amiga Angélica 1

Andreia Vasconcelos

Amiga Angélica 2

Susana Figueiredo

Amiga Angélica 3

Sónia Botelho

Amiga Angélica 4

José Carlos Coutinho

Padre

Luís Miguel Cintra

Engenheiro

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