Overview
Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Golden Globe (Portugal) for Best Film
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Box office
Made on a $4M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Lisbon
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Setting
Set in Portugal
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Music
Music by António Victorino de Almeida
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Michel Abramowicz
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Ève DeboiseWriter
- Maria de MedeirosWriter
- Original title
- Capitães de Abril
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 21, 2000
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Budget
- $4M
- Countries
- Portugal, Spain, Italy, France
Cast
Stefano AccorsiMaia
Maria de MedeirosAntónia
Joaquim de AlmeidaGervásio
Frédéric PierrotManuel
Fele MartínezLobão
Manuel João VieiraFonseca
Marcantonio Del CarloSilva
Emmanuel SalingerBotelho
Rita DurãoRosa
Duarte GuimarãesDaniel- Manuel LobãoFernandes
Manuel ManquiñaGabriel
Luís Miguel CintraBrigadeiro Pais
Joaquim LeitãoFilipe
Canto e CastroSalieri
Rogério SamoraRui Gama
Pedro HestnesEmílio
Marcello UrgegheRadio speaker- José AirosaPaulo Ruivo
António CapeloChamarro
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