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.
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Letters to a Dictatorship
- Overview
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Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 1, 2006
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Cartas a Uma Ditadura
Production Companies
Faux, ADR Productions, Neon Rouge Production
Director
Inês de Medeiros
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.
