The House

The House

  • Overview
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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 9, 2017

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Documentary, Drama

Original Title

A Casa

Production Companies

Real Ficção

Director

Rui Simões

Description

Built in the New State to control the overseas students, the House of the Students of the Empire, situated in Lisbon with delegations in Coimbra and Porto, was fundamental in the fight for independence of the Portuguese colonies. Future leaders of the Liberation Movement, like Agostinho Neto and Amílcar Cabral, passed through this meeting point. The documentary The House restores the memories of the testimonies of the survivors of the House, fictionalizing in parallel excerpts of Pepetela´s “The Generations of Utopia”.