Impossible Invasion is the fifth film in the Lisboa Sociedade Anónima series. Set in the 1960s, it is a touching descent into the emotional misery of the petty bourgeoisie living in rented rooms, suffocating on precarious civil service salaries, with a cultural horizon of soccer and television, and against the backdrop of the colonial war and the glory of the bridge over the Tagus. Noteworthy are the fine performances of the actors (especially Maria do Céu Guerra), the creation of an oppressive and mediocre atmosphere, well underscored by songs from the period, and the concise and rigorous characterization.
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Artur Semedo
Known for
The State of Things
Maria do Céu Guerra
Also in
Cats Don't Have Vertigo
Festa é Festa
Eduardo Geada
Urbano Tavares Rodrigues
Manuel Cavaco
Also in
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Sunset
Lucilina Sobreiro
Also in
Pôr do Sol no Areeiro
Elisa de Guisette
Also in
O Rei das Berlengas ou a Independência das Ditas
The Fault
Adelaide João
Also in
Anjo Selvagem
Doomed Love
Vítor Ninéu
Henrique Garcia
Narrator
António Mega Ferreira
Self - Declaimer
António França Borges
Self - Politician
Eduardo Geada Director
First release October 12, 1983 · Produced in Portugal
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RTP
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Portuguese
Release dates
Portugal · October 12, 1983
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