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Torre Bela (1977)

Torre Bela (1977)

Documentary
Release Date: 1977, May 19
Directors: Thomas Harlan
Countries: Italy, Portugal
Production: Società Cinematografica Italiana di Torre Bela, Società Cinematografica Italiana di Torre Bela, Cooperativa Era Nova, Cooperativa Era Nova, Albatros, Albatros
Cast: Camilo Mortágua, Wilson Filipe

Overview:

The rise and fall of a revolutionary cooperative movement established in a large private farm in Ribatejo, Portugal, from March to December 1975 (most part of the land occupations occurred in Alentejo, promoted by the communist party). In direct speech, sometimes to the camera, sometimes among themselves, the uneducated rural workers expose their misery, their suffering, their hopes, and ultimately their despair - when a socialist government orders the restitution of the land to their primitive owners, and these transform the land into a hunting reserve.