Flores. 2017. Directed by Jorge Jácome The Guns and the People (As Armas e o Povo). 1975. Directed by Manuel Costa e Silva, António da Cunha Telles, Acácio de Almeida, António de Macedo, José de Sá Caetano, António Escudeiro, Henrique Espírito Santo, José Fonseca e Costa, Luís Galvão Teles, Eduardo Geada, Fernando Lopes, Fernando Matos Silva, João Moedas Miguel, João César Monteiro, Glauber Rocha, Elso Roque, Alberto Seixas Santos, Arturo Semedo, João Matos Silva, António-Pedro Vasconcelos

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Flores. 2017. Portugal. Directed by Jorge Jácome. Screenplay by Jácome, David Cabecinha. DCP. In Portuguese; English subtitles. 27 min.

The Guns and the People (As Armas e o Povo). 1975. Portugal. Directed by Manuel Costa e Silva, António da Cunha Telles, Acácio de Almeida, António de Macedo, José de Sá Caetano, António Escudeiro, Henrique Espírito Santo, José Fonseca e Costa, Luís Galvão Teles, Eduardo Geada, Fernando Lopes, Fernando Matos Silva, João Moedas Miguel, João César Monteiro, Glauber Rocha, Elso Roque, Alberto Seixas Santos, Arturo Semedo, João Matos Silva, António-Pedro Vasconcelos. 4K digital restoration by Cinemateca Portuguesa; courtesy Cinemateca Portuguesa. In Portuguese; English subtitles. 81 min.

After the April 25, 1974, revolution, filmmakers captured the immense joy of a population occupying the streets with red carnations in their hands, moving and speaking freely for the first time. On Labor Day (May 1), thousands of people reunited in Lisbon, now among former political prisoners and exiled politicians, to celebrate their new freedom. The Guns and the People documents that euphoric day thanks to the collective effort of 19 Portuguese filmmakers (and one Brazilian: Glauber Rocha), capturing new struggles among different political movements that would define a revitalized political arena. In Flores, Jorge Jácome stages a 21st-century postapocalyptic story in the Azores islands, where an epidemic of hydrangeas renders a bankrupt country (in)habitable.

This film accompanies The Ongoing Revolution of Portuguese Cinema.

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