The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir (1976)

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Original Title: Os Demónios de Alcácer Quibir

Release Date: August 20, 1976

Runtime: 87 minutes

Budget: $0.0

Revenue: $0.0

Overview

Alentejo 1975. The Police associate a group of traveling players with a strike of agricultural workers. The action takes place in the open space and harsh heat of the Alentejo. With the connivance of Lianor, the troupe enters the palace of Don Gonzalo an old aristocrat. The gentleman is obsessed by visions of great past deeds in a universe of ghosts. This was the first example of militant cinema in Portugal after the end of the Estado Novo dictatorship, exploring the world after the Carnation Revolution and its contradictions.