Barronhos

Barronhos

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 19, 1976

Runtime

0h 52m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Barronhos

Director

Luís Filipe Rocha

Description

In the hot summer of 1975, in the middle of the revolution, in the heat of political and social conflicts, a crime is committed in a slum neighborhood on the outskirts of Lisbon. Analyzing this crime, as its causes, its protagonists, its local and national context, the film proposes a hot reflection on the Revolutionary Process in Progress (Processo Revolucionário em Progresso ) that throughout the year and throughout the country, and on how political contradictions, Social and economic rights that divided Portugal as a result of the military coup of 25 April 1974.