The Holy Alliance

Overview

In 1974, not long after the death of Portuguese dictator Salazar, who had ruled Portugal from the early '30s to the late '60s, a group of disgruntled Army officers held a coup. They were even more disgruntled when they realized how the coup was being manipulated by leftist officers to instigate genuine elections and establish a constitution for the first time in Portuguese history. Though their intent was to form a radical socialist state, circumstances prevented this, and a genuine parliamentary democracy emerged. This film explores the circumstances of a right-wing businessman during those times. The man is an old-fashioned authoritarian, whose attentiveness to the needs of his mistress, wife and son is crude where it exists at all.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 19, 1980

Original language

Portuguese

Spoken languages

Portuguese

Cast

Adelaide João,Helena Isabel,Carlos Santos,Norberto Barroca,Lia Gama,Io Appolloni,Orlando Costa,Victor de Sousa,Luís Mascarenhas,Teresa Robyand 3 more

Director

Eduardo Geada

Writer

Edgar Gonsalves Preto,Eduardo Geada,Manuel Machado da Luz

Cinematography

Francisco Silva,Manuel Costa e Silva

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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