In 1974, not long after the death of Portuguese dictator Salazar, who had ruled Portugal from the early '30s to the late '60s, a group of disgruntled Army officers held a coup. They were even more disgruntled when they realized how the coup was being manipulated by leftist officers to instigate genuine elections and establish a constitution for the first time in Portuguese history. Though their intent was to form a radical socialist state, circumstances prevented this, and a genuine parliamentary democracy emerged. This film explores the circumstances of a right-wing businessman during those times. The man is an old-fashioned authoritarian, whose attentiveness to the needs of his mistress, wife and son is crude where it exists at all.
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The Holy Alliance Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Adelaide João
She was 52, now 97 years old
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as Nurse |
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Henrique Viana
He was 43, 71 years old when he died
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as José Saraiva |
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Lia Gama
She was 35, now 80 years old
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as Maria |
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Io Apolloni
She was 35, now 79 years old
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as Sandra |
The Holy Alliance Crew
