La photo déchirée, chronique d'une émigration clandestine

Overview

At the beginning of the 60's, thousands of Portuguese turned up in France through the underground. They were fleeing misery, war and repression. Left to unscrupulous smugglers, they had to cross the Iberian Peninsula tracked by the Portuguese and Spanish police. For many, the voyage towards France turned into a disaster. As a child in a shantytown, the author remembers having heard about these terrible odysseys. Thirty years later, he goes in search of the stories of his childhood and seeks to understand what sparked this unprecedented emigration known as the "plebiscite by foot" against Salazar. Between childhood memories and historical investigation, he looks for the images of this exodus, the largest in post-war Europe.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 9, 2002

Original language

Portuguese

Spoken languages

Portuguese

Countries

France, Portugal

Production

La Huit Production,Animais

Director

José Vieira

Writer

José Vieira

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

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