New on DVD & Blu-ray: FRANCISCA (1981) Starring Teresa Menezes

Codec: MPEG-2
Resolution: 480i
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Encoding Format: 16:9
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)

Product Description: A tale 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 Francisca, the woman the novelist loved) led Oliveira to new levels of stylistic and formal imagination. (It helped that his wife, a distant relative of the historical Francisca, gave him access to a cache of the woman's letters.) With its elaborate title cards, its abundance of shots in which the action is oriented directly toward the camera, its gloomy interiors, and its show-stopping gala set-pieces, Francisca is an exacting, sumptuous and utterly inimitable cinematic experience, and one of Oliveira's crowning achievements.

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Director: Manoel de Oliveira

Starring: Teresa Menezes, Diogo Dória, Mário Barroso

Genre: Biography, Drama

Runtime: 166 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Portuguese

Studio: Grasshopper Film

Home Video Release Date: April 6, 2021