Good Portuguese People
1981, Portuguese. Directed by Rui Simões.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
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Cast & crew
- Rui SimõesDirector
- José Mário BrancoNarrator (voice)
- Duran ClementeHimself (revolutionary lieutenant)
- Álvaro CunhalHimself (PCP leader)
- Otelo Saraiva de CarvalhoHimself (revolutionary captain)
- Galvão de MeloHimself (member of the military junta)
- António de SpínolaHimself (President of the Republic)
- Diogo Freitas do AmaralHimself (CDS leader)
- Adelino GomesHimself (radio reporter)
- Vasco GonçalvesHimself (colonel and Prime Minister)
- António Ramalho EanesSelf (Army commander)
Details
- Released
- 18 November 1981
- Original title
- Bom Povo Português
- Country
- Portugal
- Written by
- Rui Simões, Teresa Sá
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Good Portuguese People runs 135 minutes (2h 15m).
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Who directed Good Portuguese People?
Good Portuguese People (1981) was directed by Rui Simões and stars José Mário Branco, Duran Clemente, Álvaro Cunhal.