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Portugal, 1968. Salazar, the fascist dictator who reigned the longest time in the world, falls from a chair and suffers a stroke. When he returns to the São Bento mansion to convalesce, he is no longer President of the Council. But no one tells him the truth: not his faithful housekeeper Maria de Jesus, nor his maids Aparecida, Socorro, and Teresinha, nor his personal doctor. For two years he lives under a meticulously constructed illusion, believing he is still President, until his death in 1970.Read moreLess
Portugal, 1968. Salazar, the fascist dictator who reigned the longest time in the world, falls from a chair and suffers a stroke. When he returns to the São Bento mansion to convalesce, he is no longer President of the Council. But no one tells him the truth: not his faithful housekeeper Maria de Jesus, nor his maids Aparecida, Socorro, and Teresinha, nor his personal doctor. For two years he lives under a meticulously constructed illusion, believing he is still President, until his death in 1970.
The story
Portugal, 1968. Salazar, the fascist dictator who reigned the longest time in the world, falls from a chair and suffers a stroke. When he returns to the São Bento mansion to convalesce, he is no longer President of the Council. But no one tells him the truth: not his faithful housekeeper Maria de Jesus, nor his maids Aparecida, Socorro, and Teresinha, nor his personal doctor. For two years he lives under a meticulously constructed illusion, believing he is still President, until his death in 1970.
Cast & crew
Jorge MotaSalazar
Catarina AvelarMaria de Jesus
Vera BarretoAparecida
Carolina AmaralTeresinha
Cleia AlmeidaSocorro
Guilherme FilipeEduardo Coelho
Marques D'AredeCardeal Cerejeira
João LagartoAmérico Thomaz
Pierre EnsergueixRoland Faure
Daniel MartinhoManuel Nazaré
Bruno SchiappaPhysiotherapist
Flávia GusmãoTalking Head 1Explore the crew
- Director
- José Filipe Costa
- Writer
- José Filipe Costa
- Director of Photography
- Vasco Viana
- Editor
- João Braz
- Producer
- Filipa Reis