Directed by:
Maria de MedeirosScreenplay:
Ève DeboiseCinematography:
Michel AbramowiczComposer:
António Vitorino D'AlmeidaCast:
Stefano Accorsi, Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de Almeida, Fele Martínez, Manuel Manquiña, Luís Miguel Cintra, Marco Delgado, José Manuel Mendes (more)Plots(1)
On the night of April 24-25, 1974, non-commissioned officers of the Portuguese army began a coup against the Oliveira Salazar dictatorship. Their deed will go down in history as "the Carnation Revolution". The film recreates the story of Captain Salgueiro Maia, one of the heroes of the military uprising. (Festival cine por mujeres)
Cast
![Stefano Accorsi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/910/157910872_28ac81.jpg)
Stefano Accorsi
Italy
Best movies:
The Ignorant Fairies (2001)
Crime Novel (2005)
The Referee (2013)
![Maria de Medeiros](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271338_3f077a.jpg)
Maria de Medeiros
Portugal
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
My Life Without Me (2003)
![Joaquim de Almeida](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270366_02841c.jpg)
Joaquim de Almeida
Portugal
Best movies:
The Road to Santiago (1999) (series)
Desperado (1995)
Fast Five (2011)
![Fele Martínez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272230_f28067.jpg)
Fele Martínez
Spain
Best movies:
Physics or Chemistry (2008) (series)
Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)
Talk to Her (2002)
![Manuel Manquiña](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274626_5f2a61.jpg)
Manuel Manquiña
Spain
Best movies:
The Apostle (2012)
I Will Survive (1999)
Capitaines d'avril (2000)
![Luís Miguel Cintra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/371/371122_00c386.jpg)
Luís Miguel Cintra
Spain
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
![Marco Delgado](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/998/159998914_368ee8.jpg)
Marco Delgado
Portugal
Best movies:
Women (1997)
Capitaines d'avril (2000)
Dot.com (2007)
José Manuel Mendes
Best movies:
Capitaines d'avril (2000)
Maigret (1991) (series)
Os Canibais (1988)
![Emmanuel Salinger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/271/161271481_9cc224.png)
Emmanuel Salinger
France
Best movies:
Don’t Forget You’re Going to Die (1995)
The Taste of Things (2023)
Queen Margot (1994)
![Frédéric Pierrot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/730/160730486_ec31ce.png)
Frédéric Pierrot
France
Best movies:
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
Land and Freedom (1995)
Sarah's Key (2010)
Ruy de Carvalho
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
Sunday Afternoon (1966)
Piedro Hestnes
Best movies:
Capitaines d'avril (2000)
Blood (1989)
Down to Earth (1994)
![Marcello Urgeghe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/956/157956517_bf54f6.jpg)
Marcello Urgeghe
Best movies:
Blood of My Blood (2011)
Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
The Portuguese Woman (2018)
Luís Lima Barreto
Portugal
Best movies:
Abraham's Valley (1993)
Capitaines d'avril (2000)
Operação Outono (2012)
Manuel Lobão
Best movies:
Capitaines d'avril (2000)
António Capelo
Portugal
Best movies:
Listen (2020)
Capitaines d'avril (2000)
João Lagarto
Portugal
Best movies:
Imagine (2012)
Je m'appelle Bernadette (2011)
Mosquito (2020)
Pedro Efe
Portugal
Best movies:
In the White City (1983)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
Fatima (1997) (TV movie)
Bina Daigeler
Best movies:
Broken Embraces (2009)
Capitaines d'avril (2000)
Rogério Samora
Portugal
Best movies:
Two (2002)
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, the Restless One (2015)
Capitaines d'avril (2000)