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  1. Francisca is a 1981 Portuguese drama film based on the novel Fanny Owen by Agustina Bessa-Luís and directed by Manoel de Oliveira. The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

  2. Nov 12, 2020 · Different planes of existence overlap in Manoel de Oliveira’s “Francisca,” a meta-narrative about an enigmatic love triangle in mid-19th-century Portugal.

  3. thefilmstage.com › francisca-review-manoel-deFrancisca - The Film Stage

    Nov 14, 2020 · In his 1981 masterpiece Francisca, a sprawling adaptation of Agustina Bessa-Luís's novel Fanny Owen—itself based on true events—master filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira devilishly internalizes these melodramatic tropes, draping them in the opulent textures, swirling mustaches,

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  4. Dec 3, 1981 · Francisca: Directed by Manoel de Oliveira. With Teresa Menezes, Diogo Dória, Mário Barroso, Francisco Brás. The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.

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    • Biography, Drama
    • Manoel de Oliveira
    • 1981-12-03
  5. The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.

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    • V.O. Filmes
    • Manoel de Oliveira
  6. A portrait of an obsessive love affair, Manoel de Oliveira’s Francisca is based on a novel by Agustina Bessa-Luís, whose work he’d later adapt twice more. The book’s re-telling of a troubled passage in real-life author Camilo Castelo Branco life — his friend José Augusto embarked on a perverse game of marital cat and mouse with ...

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  8. Nov 13, 2020 · Rent Francisca on Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Prime Video, Apple TV. The son of an English officer falls into disgrace when he becomes a prisoner of love.

    • Biography, Drama
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