Good Portuguese People
The Carnation Revolution's Film
Using film and television footage taken during the revolutionary movement of April 25, 1974 in Portugal, and mixing it with music and live interviews with common people, the director conveys a vivid account of the period in which a military coup evolved to a socialist revolution, then was tempered into a formal European style democracy.
Director: Rui Simões
Writers: Rui Simões, Teresa Sá
Where to watch
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Top cast
José Mário Branco
Narrator (voice)
Duran Clemente
Himself (revolutionary lieutenant)
Álvaro Cunhal
Himself (PCP leader)
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Himself (revolutionary captain)
Galvão de Melo
Himself (member of the military junta)
António de Spínola
Himself (President of the Republic)
Diogo Freitas do Amaral
Himself (CDS leader)
