Os Demónios de Alcácer Quibir
director:
José Fonseca e Costa
playwright:
José Fonseca e Costa
/
Augusto Sobral
actor:
António Beringela
/
Ana Zanatti
/
Maria Alice Vergueiro
/
Fernando Loureiro
/
Sérgio Godinho
…
genre:
Drama
region:
Portugal
language:
Portuguese
length: 1h 27m
release date: 1976-08-20
IMDb: tt0074391
Os Demónios de Alcácer Quibir
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.