Natal 71
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“Memories of a fascist dictatorship, memories of a country closed to the world.”
Natal 71 is the name of a record given to the soldiers of the portuguese colonies overseas for Christmas 1971. Niassa's Songbook is the title of an audiotape illegally recorded by soldiers during the war years, in Mozambique. They are memories from a country which was shut from the rest of the world, poor and ignorant, laid to sleep by a stale and primitive propaganda which tried to hide all the conflicts from us and kept us from thinking and recognising the repressive nature of the regime we lived in.
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Cast
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Rogério Samora
narrator (voice)
Known for
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
April Captains
Adelino Cardoso
himself
François d'Artemare
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Maigret
Margarida Cardoso
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Luis Alcobia
Manuel Carlos Pinto
himself
Maria João Mayer
Luís Alcobia
himself
Hermínia Silva
herself
Also in
The Costa from Castelo
Ribatejo
Cilinha
herself
Florbela Queirós
herself
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Todo o Tempo do Mundo
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Francisco Nicholson
himself
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Welcome to Beirais
Cinzas
Margarida Cardoso Director · Lisa Hagstrand Cinematographer Pedro Ribeiro Editor
First release January 1, 1999 · Produced in Portugal · Production Lapsus, Periscope Productions
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Filmes do Tejo
Production
Lapsus
Production
Periscope Productions
Production
Portugal
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Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Portugal · January 1, 1999
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