“Non”, ou a vã glória de mandar / “No”, or the vain glory of command

Ελληνική Πρεμιέρα/Greek Premiere

Μυθοπλασία/Fiction, Πορτογαλία, Ισπανία, Γαλλία/Portugal, Spain, France, 1990, 110 ́, 35mm, Έγχρ./Color, Πορτογαλικά/Portuguese

In the twilight of colonialism in 1974, in the Portuguese African colony of Angola, some soldiers reflect on the meaning of homeland and on “the vain glory of command”. Through their memories, the main episodes of the history of Portugal are depicted. De Oliveira gives a fascinating fictional as well as real history-lesson about Portugal’s downfall. The gloomy anti-war message of the film is that wars result only in more futility and empires only leave ruins.

Σκηνοθεσία/Direction: Manoel de Oliveira
Σενάριο/Screenplay Manoel de Oliveira, P. João Marques
Φωτογραφία/Cinematography: Elso Roque
Μοντάζ/Editing: Manoel de Oliveira, Sabine Franel
Ήχος/Sound: Gita Cerveira
Ηθοποιοί/Cast: Luís Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória, Miguel Guilherme, Luís Lucas, Carlos Gomes
Παραγωγός/Producer: Paulo Branco
Προέλευση ταινίας/Film Source: Πορτογαλική Ταινιοθήκη-Μουσείο Κινηματογράφου/Portuguese Cinematheque-Museum of Cinema

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