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Good Portuguese People (1981)

The Carnation Revolution's Film

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 2H 15M

Director : Rui Simões
Writer : Rui Simões

Synopsis

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.

Actors

José Mário Branco
José Mário Branco
Narrator (voice)
Durand Clemente
Durand Clemente
Himself (revolutionary lieutenant)
Álvaro Cunhal
Álvaro Cunhal
Himself (PCP leader)
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Himself (revolutionary captain)
Galvão de Melo
Galvão de Melo
Himself (member of the military junta)
António de Spínola
António de Spínola
Himself (President of the Republic)
Diogo Freitas do Amaral
Diogo Freitas do Amaral
Himself (CDS leader)
Adelino Gomes
Adelino Gomes
Himself (radio reporter)
Vasco Gonçalves
Vasco Gonçalves
Himself (colonel and Prime Minister)
António Ramalho Eanes
António Ramalho Eanes
Self (Army commander)

Crews

Rui Simões
Rui Simões
Director
Rui Simões
Rui Simões
Screenplay
Luís Martins Saraiva
Luís Martins Saraiva
Original Music Composer
Rui Simões
Rui Simões
Producer
Dominique Rolin
Dominique Rolin
Editor
Gérard Collet
Gérard Collet
Cinematography
Mário Cabrita Gil
Mário Cabrita Gil
Cinematography
Acácio de Almeida
Acácio de Almeida
Cinematography
Teresa Sá
Teresa Sá
Writer
José Reynès
José Reynès
Cinematography