25 de Abril – Uma aventura para a demokracya
Some years ago, the Palácio de São Bento suddenly shook from visitors singing Zeca Afonso’s 1972 Grândola, Vila Morena in protest against Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s neo-liberal politics. Do the Carnation Revolution’s dreams live on in verses such as “On each corner there’s a friend / In each face there’s equality / Grândola, brown town / Land of fraternity”?
Also in this combined programme
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Stadium (phantas-mix)
Why does Braga’s Estádio Municipal evoke thoughts of Roman circuses and Estado Novo hubris? Is FIFA the Quinto Império realised? -
És a nossa fé
Only a true football fan like Pêra could make a film so in awe of the supporter’s spectacle – and so mystified by it. -
Impending Doom
Two funerals, one soundtrack: suddenly, Ioannes Paul PP.II unexpectedly had a lot in common with Communist politician Álvaro Cunhal.
Film details
- Country of production
- Portugal
- Year
- 2000
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 16'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
