What Words Can Do

What Words Can Do (2022)

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In 1972, Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa published the book As Novas Cartas Portuguesas [New Portuguese Letters], addressing topics forbidden and censored during the Estado Novo regime such as the colonial war, adultery, rape and abortion. The book was immediately banned and the writers were prosecuted for crimes against morality. The legal proceedings caused waves of protest around the world, giving rise to an international network of solidarity. In the film, the “three Marias” tell their story, before and after one the first major feminist struggles in Portugal.

Directors: Luísa Sequeira, Luísa Marinho.

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	Maria Isabel Barreno as
	Maria Teresa Horta as
	Maria Velho da Costa as
	Gilda Grillo as
	Adelino Gomes as
	Ana Luísa Amaral as

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