The King's Trial

The King's Trial (1990)

Drama

At the time Portugal presented a strange spectacle to the rest of Europe. D. Afonso VI, son of the fortunate D. João de Bragança, was in possession of the throne and was an insane imbecile. His wife, daughter of the Duke of Nemours and cousin of Louis XIV, dared hatch a plot to oust her husband from the throne. The king's stupidity justified the queen's bravado. Despite being master of unusual strength and having slept with his wife for a long time, she accused him of being impotent. Marie Françoise had acquired through artfulness what Afonso had lost in anger in the kingdom. She had him imprisoned ( November 1667 ) and quickly obtained a papal bull from Rome to confirm her virginity and bless her marriage to her brother-in-law Pedro. Portugal's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990.

Director: João Mário Grilo
Writers: Daniel Arasse, Colin Thiele, João Mário Grilo.

Casts

	Carlos Daniel as D. Afonso VI
	Aurelle Doazan as D. Maria Francisca de Saboia
	Antonino Solmer as D. Pedro, Infante de Portugal
	Nuno Carinhas as Marquis of Sande
	Manuela Cassola as Nun in Convent
	Ruy de Carvalho as Doctor Martim dos Reis
	Suzana Borges as Joana de Almeida
	João Mário Grilo as Escrivão
	Isabel Alves de Carvalho as Josefa de Óbidos
	Paulo Filipe as Duque de Cadaval
	Carlos Martins Medeiros as Count of Castelo-Melhor
	Gérard Hardy as Preyssac, Enviado de Luis XIV
	Muriel Brenner as Ninon
	Filipe Ferrer as Father Antonio Vieira
	Jean Lafront as Father Ville, Queen's Confidant
	Jean Rupert as Ambassador Saint-Romain
	António Loja Neves as Messenger
	F. Pedro Oliveira as Pao
	Maria Emília Castanheira as Coscorao
	Mário Serrar as Sebastiao Dinis Velho
	Adelaide João as Domingas Rodrigues
	António Cordeiro as
	Luís Pavão as
	Marcello Urgeghe as Preyssac's Secretary
	Catarina Alves Costa as Catarina Arrães de Mendonça
	Natália Luiza as Freira no Convento
	Luís Couto as Marquês de Marialva

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