The Holy Alliance (1980)

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.

Directing:
  • Eduardo Geada

Writing:
  • Eduardo Geada
  • Edgar Gonsalves Preto
  • Manuel Machado da Luz

Stars:
Release Date: 1980-03-19
  • Language: Português
  • Runtime: 120
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