The Strange Case of Angelica


The Strange Case of Angelica is a 2010 Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It was entered into the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. De Oliveira conceived the idea for the film in 1946 and initially wrote the script in 1952, updating it with modern elements.

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Keith Uhlich of Time Out New York named The Strange Case of Angelica the sixth-best film of 2010, calling it "the greatest man-falls-in-love-with-a-ghost story ever directed by a 101-year-old."
In France, Cahiers du Cinéma listed it as the second-best film of 2011. Cahiers later named The Strange Case of Angelica the tenth-best film of the 2010s.