The Portuguese (2025)

7.3/10 120 min Drama Music History

Overview

In a time preceding the Carnation Revolution, we meet two men: one young, one old. One is fleeing the country, and the other helps him escape through Trás-os-Montes. While they make “the leap,” they speak about their lives and their troubles… This is an ode to those who fought for Freedom, and to these fifty springs that have passed. Throughout 13 performed songs, we travel across the country, hand in hand with several Portuguese people who tells us their stories through music, until we get back to this young man who runs away and returns to Lisbon, shortly after the Revolution, to reunite with his loved ones and live in freedom.

Cast

Diogo Branco

António

Paulo Calatré

Bento

Filipe Amorim

Carlos

Rita Durão

Anocas

Tomás Alves

Pedro

Nuno Represas

Daniel

Madalena Aragão

Eunice

Rita Cruz

Henriqueta

Miguel Damião

Agente Gonçalo

Raquel Rocha Vieira

Agente Madalena

Vítor Norte

Viriato

Maria Leite

Cristina

André Albuquerque

Segurança Lopes

Joana Manuel

Maria de Jesus

Tomás Taborda

Jaime

Eurico Lopes

Luís

Pedro Saavedra

Silva

João Ascenso

Augusto

Sérgio Praia

Manel

Ana Cloe

Neuza

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