A Hora da Liberdade (The Hour of Freedom) is a Portuguese docudrama produced and aired by SIC in 1999 which portraits the events that led to the military coup on 25 April 1974, responsible for the restoration of democracy in Portugal.[1] It was produced by Emídio Rangel Hayley Westenra, Rodrigo de Sousa e Castro and Joana Pontes who also assured its direction. From the interviews made to create the film, the book "A Hora da Liberdade - O 25 de Abril pelos protagonistas" was created, published by Editorial Bizâncio.[1] It was considered one of the best movies on the topic of the Carnation Revolution according to Time Out Magazine.[2]
With the launch of OPTO, SIC's streaming platform, the film was launched on 24 November 2020.[3]
Production
The film took one month to prepare and two months to be filmed, involving around 60 actors and around a thousand incidentals.[4] To assure a faithful recreation of the events, the film was broadcast on the night of 24 April 1999 and the early hours of 25 April 1999, in order to follow the events in real time.[4] The film spearheaded SIC's season for the 25th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, which started on 1 April with a series of short subjects about the New State.[4]
Cast
- Alberto Villar – Lieutenant Colonel Correia de Campos
- Alexandre de Sousa – Commander Vítor Crespo
- Alfredo Brito - Colonel António Romeiras
- Almeno Gonçalves – Lieutenant Coronel Almeida Bruno
- André Gago – Brito e Cunha
- André Gomes - Minister Moreira Baptista
- António Caldeira Pires - Capitão Rui Rodrigues
- António Capelo – Major Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
- António Cordeiro – Captain Andrade e Sousa
- António Fonseca - Major Hugo Velasco
- António Pedro Cerdeira – Lieutenant Andrade e Silva
- Artur Ramos (†) – Brigadier Junqueira dos Reis
- Benjamin Falcão – Colonel Belo de Carvalho
- Carlos Gomes – Major Cardoso Fontão
- Carlos Lacerda (†) – Lieutenant Colonel Viana de Lemos
- Carlos Pisco - Tenente Cabaças Ruaz
- Cristina Carvalhal – Clarisse Guerra
- Diogo Morgado - Aspirante Teixeira
- Eduardo Viana – Lieutenant Colonel Ferrand D’Almeida
- Eurico Lopes – Joaquim Furtado
- Francisco Pestana – Lieutenant Coronel Lopes Pires
- Gonçalo Waddington – Lieutenant Almas Imperial
- Guilherme Filipe – Major Pato Anselmo
- Heitor Lourenço – Alferes Sottomayor
- Henrique Feist – Alferes David e Silva
- Ivo Canelas – Tenente Santos Silva
- João de Carvalho – Capitão Luís Macedo
- Jorge Gonçalves – Major Sanches Osório
- Jorge Sequerra (†) - Lieutenant Coronel Nascimento
- José Boavida (†) – Captain Bicho Beatriz
- José Jorge Duarte – Pedro Feytor Pinto
- José Manuel Mendes – Marcello Caetano
- Júlio Cardoso – General António de Spínola
- Luís Alberto – General Adriano Pires
- Luís Esparteiro – Major Costa Neves
- Luís Lucas – Captain Santos Ferreira
- Luís Mascarenhas – Minister Silva Cunha
- Manuel Coelho – Major Delfim Moura
- Manuel Wiborg – Captain Salgueiro Maia
- Marcantónio Del Carlo – Lieutenant Colonel Garcia dos Santos
- Marcello Urghege - Captain Santos Coelho
- Márcia Breia – citizen
- Marco Delgado – Captain Luís Pimentel
- Marques D’Arede – Colonel Álvaro Fontoura
- Paulo Filipe - Commander Coutinho Lanhoso
- Paulo Matos – Major Hugo dos Santos
- Paulo Oom – C.I.A.A.C. Sargeant
- Pedro Laginha – Fernando Humberto
- Pedro Lima (†) – Alferes Maia Loureiro
- Ricardo Afonso - Lieutenant Alfredo Assunção
- Rui Luís Brás – Lieutenant Ponces de Carvalho
- Rui Mendes – General Andrade e Silva
- Sérgio Silva – Captain Tavares de Almeida
- Vítor Norte – Major Commando Jaime Neves
- Vítor Rocha – Captain Correia Pombinho
- Vasco Machado - Captain Mira Monteiro
- - João Paulo Diniz
- - Capitão Frederico Morais
- - Tenente Freire de Nogueira
- - Tenente Guiomar
- - Tenente Ferreira de Sousa
- Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho as himself
Referências
- ^ a b "A Hora da Liberdade – Editorial" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ "Os melhores filmes sobre o 25 de Abril". Time Out Lisboa (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Conheça algumas das apostas do OPTO SIC nas séries, filmes e novelas". Zapping (in European Portuguese). 3 November 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ a b c Rodrigues, Sofia. "O 25 de Abril em directo". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 December 2020.