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A True and Faithful Account

6.6(5)
Released:June 22, 1989
Runtime:1h 25m
Status:Released

The young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de Meneses because of the obscure interests between rural aristocratic families in the North. Brás is a ruined man, a bohemian with a reputation for violence and erratic behaviour. Antonia’s fortune is the first sacrifice made by the young wife. Fascinated by the man who humiliates and ill-treats her, she follows him in a pilgrimage to increasingly barren lands, to increasingly less hospitable houses.

Cast

Catarina Alves Costa

Catarina Alves Costa

Antónia

António Sequeira Lopes

António Sequeira Lopes

Brás

Laura Soveral

Laura Soveral

D. Luísa

Jorge Rolla

Afonso

Cremilda Gil

Cremilda Gil

Ana

Aurora Gaia

Aurora Gaia

Senhorinha

Adelaide Teixeira

Adelaide Teixeira

Conceição

Sónia Guimarães

Felicidade

Philip J. Spinelli

P. Francisco

Luís Cunha

P. Jerónimo

Luís Santos

Luís Santos

D. Sebastião

Joana Siza

Lisete

Jorge Pinto

Jorge Pinto

Aires

Conceição Guerra

D. Leonor

Margarida Gil

Margarida Gil

Nun

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The young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de Meneses because of the obscure interests between rural aristocratic families in the North. Brás is a ruined man, a bohemian with a reputation for violence and erratic behaviour. Antonia’s fortune is the first sacrifice made by the young wife. Fascinated by the man who humiliates and ill-treats her, she follows him in a pilgrimage to increasingly barren lands, to increasingly less hospitable houses.

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