Good Portuguese People (1981)
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.
Director:
Rui Simões
Writer:
Rui Simões
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José Mário Branco as Narrator (voice) |
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Duran Clemente as Himself (revolutionary lieutenant) |
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Álvaro Cunhal as Himself (PCP leader) |
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Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho as Himself (revolutionary captain) |
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Galvão de Melo as Himself (member of the military junta) |
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António de Spínola as Himself (President of the Republic) |
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Diogo Freitas do Amaral as Himself (CDS leader) |
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Adelino Gomes as Himself (radio reporter) |
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Vasco Gonçalves as Himself (colonel and Prime Minister) |
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António Ramalho Eanes as Self (Army commander) |
| Crew | José Reynès | Cinematography |
| Directing | Rui Simões | Director |
| Writing | Rui Simões | Screenplay |
| Sound | Luís Martins Saraiva | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Rui Simões | Producer |
| Editing | Dominique Rolin | Editor |
| Crew | Gérard Collet | Cinematography |
| Crew | Mário Cabrita Gil | Cinematography |
| Crew | Acácio de Almeida | Cinematography |
| Writing | Teresa Sá | Writer |