Young and romantic Ema, a woman of menacing beauty, is stuck in a loveless marriage with her father’s friend Carlos. Her taste for luxury, her illusions in life, her provocative spirit and the desire she inspires in men earned her the nickname “the little Bovary”. In constant search for passion, she takes three lovers; but her successive loves bring her no more than a feeling of great disillusion.

Winner of the Critics’ Prize at the 17th Mostra in 1993.

“Abraham’s Valley” has been digitized and restored by Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema.

Grading by Cinemateca Portuguesa and image restored by Irma Lucia Efeitos Especiais in 2016. Grading revised in 2023. Sound restored by Billy Boom in 2023.