Jorge Lopes

A story about art and educated men, and how their art and culture reveal themselves useless in the face of the harsh realities of the 20th century life.

During the 1958 presidential elections General Humberto Delgado is received by the city of Porto with an unprecedented and unbelievable demonstration of 200 thousand citizens that bravely and boldly displayed their support to the candidate that dared challenge the fascist regime of Salazar. This documentary tells the story of the 14th of May 1958, of the reasons for such a public display of civil disobedience and of the consequences thereafter.