Manhã Submersa (1980)
Estefânia is an old, rich, strict catholic woman, and when she sets her eyes on a couple of servants who have no means to bring up properly their youngest son, António, she decides to move her influences in order to make a priest out of him. The parents accept it, the local priest and even the Seminar's rector accept it, and António accepts it - if not for piety, for obeyance to his parents. Once time goes by, and António is out of rural misery and into the prison-like system of a seminar, doubts and anguishes mount within him.
Director: Lauro António
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Joaquim Manuel Dias as António |
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Eunice Muñoz as Dona Estefânia |
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Vergílio Ferreira as Reitor |
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Canto e Castro as Padre Tomás |
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Jacinto Ramos as Padre Martins |
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Carlos Wallenstein as Padre Lino |
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Miguel Franco as Capitão |
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Maria Olguim as Joana |
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Adelaide João as António's Mother |
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Joaquim Rosa as Padre Alves |
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Alexandra Prado Coelho as Mariazinha |
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Rui Luís as Tio Gorra |
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Mário Botas as Padre |
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Manuel Cavaco as Criado |
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Camacho Costa as Padre Pita |
| Directing | Lauro António | Director |
| Writing | Lauro António | Writer |
| Writing | Vergílio Ferreira | Novel |
| Production | Lauro António | Producer |
| Camera | Elso Roque | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Lauro António | Editor |
| Art | Leonel Brito | Production Design |
| Art | Judite Cília | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ana Guerreiro | Set Decoration |
| Art | Teresa Pinto | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Luís Barão | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Melo Cardoso | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Raúl Ferrão | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Carlos Alberto Lopes | Sound Director |
| Sound | Filipe Santos | Sound Designer |