Francisca (film)

1981 Portuguese film

Francisca

Directed by| Manoel de Oliveira
Written by| Manoel de Oliveira
Agustina Bessa-Luís (novel)
Produced by| Paulo Branco
Starring| Teresa Menezes
Diogo Dória
Mário Barroso
Cinematography| Elso Roque
Edited by| Monique Rutler

Release date

* 3 December 1981 (1981-12-03)

Running time

| 166 minutes
Country| Portugal
Language| Portuguese

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.[1]

## Plot

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The story is of a young man, the son of an English officer, who ends in fatalism and disgrace due to an ill-fated passion.

## Cast

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* Teresa Menezes as Francisca 'Fanny' Owen
* Diogo Dória as José Augusto
* Mário Barroso as Camilo

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 55th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Portuguese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## References

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1. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

## External links

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* Francisca at IMDb

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Films directed by Manoel de Oliveira

* Douro, Faina Fluvial
* Aniki-Bóbó
* The Artist and the City
* Rite of Spring
* The Hunt
* Past and Present
* Benilde or the Virgin Mother
* Doomed Love
* Francisca
* The Satin Slipper
* My Case
* The Cannibals
* No, or the Vain Glory of Command
* The Divine Comedy
* Day of Despair
* Abraham's Valley
* The Box
* The Convent
* Party
* Voyage to the Beginning of the World
* Anxiety
* The Letter
* Word and Utopia
* I'm Going Home
* Porto of My Childhood
* The Uncertainty Principle
* A Talking Picture
* The Fifth Empire
* Magic Mirror
* Belle Toujours
* Christopher Columbus – The Enigma
* Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
* The Strange Case of Angelica
* Gebo and the Shadow
* The Old Man of Belem
* Visit or Memories and Confessions

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Portuguese submission for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1980–2000|

* Morning Undersea (1980)
* Francisca (1982)
* No Trace of Sin (1983)
* Dead Man's Seat (1984)
* Ana (1985)
* Hard Times (1988)
* The Cannibals (1989)
* The King's Trial (1990)
* O Sangue (1991)
* Day of Despair (1992)
* Abraham's Valley (1993)
* Three Palm Trees (1994)
* God's Comedy (1995)
* Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997)
* Anxiety (1998)
* The Mutants (1999)
* Too Late (2000)

2001–2010|

* Camarate (2001)
* O Delfim (2002)
* A Talking Picture (2003)
* The Miracle According to Salomé (2004)
* Noite Escura(2005)
* Alice (2006)
* Belle Toujours (2007)
* Our Beloved Month of August (2008)
* Doomed Love (2009)
* To Die Like a Man (2010)

2011–2020|

* José and Pilar (2011)
* Blood of My Blood (2012)
* Lines of Wellington (2013)
* What Now? Remind Me (2014)
* Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One (2015)
* Letters from War (2016)
* Saint George (2017)
* Peregrinação (2018)
* The Domain (2019)
* Vitalina Varela (2020)

2021–present|

* The Metamorphosis of Birds (2021)
* Alma Viva (2022)
* Bad Living (2023)
* Grand Tour (2024)

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