Capit�es de Abril (Captains of April) (2000)

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Release Date: Apr 21, 2000 Wide

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Renowned actress Maria de Medeiros directs this sweeping historical drama set in Portugal about the heady days leading up to April 25, 1974, when that country was finally freed from 40 years of Fascist rule. The film opens with a series of grisly black and white photographs of Portuguese war atrocities committed against its colonies -- Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau. Antonia (de Medeiros) is a teacher who begs her minister-brother to release a couple of her students from the clutches of

Unrated, 2 hr. 4 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Maria de Medeiros

In Theaters: Apr 21, 2000 Wide

On DVD: Jun 21, 2005

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"Capitaes de Abril" is an evocative, yet dramatically uneven, reconstruction of the Carnation Revolution which ended decades of dictatorship in Portugal in 1974. Sadly, its soap opera elements take center stage in its attempt at a more personal story, instead of allowing the events to be at least partially told from

July 12, 2010