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The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir (1976)

The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir (1976)

Drama
Release Date: 1976, August 20
Directors: José Fonseca e Costa
Countries: Portugal
Production: Tobis Portuguesa, Tobis Portuguesa
Cast: Pedro Efe, Fernando Gusmão, Sérgio Godinho, Ana Zanatti, Maria Alice Vergueiro, Zita Duarte, Artur Semedo, Rogério Vieira, João Guedes, Tony Morgon, Luís Barradas, António Beringela

Overview:

Alentejo 1975. The Police associate a group of traveling players with a strike of agricultural workers. The action takes place in the open space and harsh heat of the Alentejo. With the connivance of Lianor, the troupe enters the palace of Don Gonzalo an old aristocrat. The gentleman is obsessed by visions of great past deeds in a universe of ghosts. This was the first example of militant cinema in Portugal after the end of the Estado Novo dictatorship, exploring the world after the Carnation Revolution and its contradictions.