This is a region-free DVD+R without case or artwork.
In Portuguese with English subtitles. Also known as
Le Soulier de Satin. This is a 3-DVD set.
With this 410-minute epic, Prolific Portuguese director
Manoel de Oliveira adapts the 7-hour stage play of Catholic playwright Paul Claudel. Two people -- Dona Prouheze (Anne Consigny) and Don Rodigue (Luis Miguel Cintra) have fallen in love but are honor-bound to renounce their passion for a greater love of God. Dona Prouheze is particularly devout and has offered her satin slipper to the Virgin Mary in exchange for the Virgin's protection against sin. As Rodigue's life progresses, he becomes more and more devoted to painting religious subjects on his ship, rebuffing the royal attempts to get him back into active duty...
