In 1974, not long after the death of Portuguese dictator Salazar, who had ruled Portugal from the early '30s to the late '60s, a group of disgruntled Army officers held a coup. They were even more disgruntled when they realized how the coup was being manipulated by leftist officers to instigate genuine elections and establish a constitution for the first time in Portuguese history. Though their intent was to form a radical socialist state, circumstances prevented this, and a genuine parliamentary democracy emerged. This film explores the circumstances of a right-wing businessman during those times. The man is an old-fashioned authoritarian, whose attentiveness to the needs of his mistress, wife and son is crude where it exists at all.
Directing | Eduardo Geada | Director |
Sound | João Carlos Gorjão | Sound Designer |
Directing | Edgar Gonsalves Preto | Assistant Director |
Writing | Edgar Gonsalves Preto | Screenplay |
Writing | Manuel Machado da Luz | Screenplay |
Costume & Make-Up | Maria da Conceição Madureira | Makeup Artist |
Sound | Bento Palma | Sound Designer |
Sound | Pedro Osório | Music |
Camera | Manuel Costa e Silva | Director of Photography |
Writing | Eduardo Geada | Screenplay |
Camera | Francisco Silva | Director of Photography |
Editing | Eduardo Geada | Editor |
Art | Sebastião Godinho | Art Direction |