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Good Portuguese People

"The Carnation Revolution's Film"

Using film and television footage taken during the revolutionary movement of April 25, 1974 in Portugal, and mixing it with music and live interviews with common people, the director conveys a vivid account of the period in which a military coup evolved to a socialist revolution, then was tempered into a formal European style democracy.

Top Cast

  • José Mário Branco

    José Mário Branco

    Narrator (voice)

  • Duran Clemente

    Duran Clemente

    Himself (revolutionary lieutenant)

  • Álvaro Cunhal

    Álvaro Cunhal

    Himself (PCP leader)

  • Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

    Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

    Himself (revolutionary captain)

  • Galvão de Melo

    Galvão de Melo

    Himself (member of the military junta)

  • António de Spínola

    António de Spínola

    Himself (President of the Republic)

  • Diogo Freitas do Amaral

    Diogo Freitas do Amaral

    Himself (CDS leader)

  • Adelino Gomes

    Adelino Gomes

    Himself (radio reporter)

  • Vasco Gonçalves

    Vasco Gonçalves

    Himself (colonel and Prime Minister)

Overview

Using film and television footage taken during the revolutionary movement of April 25, 1974 in Portugal, and mixing it with music and live interviews with common people, the director conveys a vivid account of the period in which a military coup evolved to a socialist revolution, then was tempered into a formal European style democracy.

Rating

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