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Letters to a Dictatorship

A hundred letters written by Portuguese women during the Salazar dictatorship were found by chance in a second-hand bookshop. By confronting today the women who wrote these letters with the ghosts of the past, and revealing important archive material, Letters to a Dictatorship takes us on an in-depth journey through the obscurantism that dominated Portugal for more than 50 years.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
60 mins
Status
Finished
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Details

Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
60 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 1, 2006
Season
2006
Ratings
0
Popularity
0
Favorites
0
Reviews
0
Producers
Faux, ADR Productions, Neon Rouge Production
Genres
Documentary
Country
BE
English
Letters to a Dictatorship

Tags

portugal50%dictatorship50%portuguese50%salazarism (1933-74)50%

Description

A hundred letters written by Portuguese women during the Salazar dictatorship were found by chance in a second-hand bookshop. By confronting today the women who wrote these letters with the ghosts of the past, and revealing important archive material, Letters to a Dictatorship takes us on an in-depth journey through the obscurantism that dominated Portugal for more than 50 years.

Immersion

Japanese

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