Owners of Portugal (2012)
Owners of Portugal is a documentary about one hundred years of economic power. The film portrays the State protection to families that dominated the country's economy, their strategies for power and wealth accumulation. Mello, Champalimaud, Espírito Santo - big families intersect by marriage and integrate by finance. Threatened by the end of the dictatorship, their power is restored under democracy, through privatization and promiscuity with politics. New economic groups - Amorim, Sonae, Jerónimo Martins - grow on the same basis. As the crisis unravels the limits of Portuguese economic development model, this film presents the actors and the main choices that brought us here.
Director: Jorge Costa
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 48 min
Release Date: April 25, 2012
Cast
- António Guterres - Self (archive footage)
- António de Oliveira Salazar - Self - Prime Minister (archive footage)
- Marcelo Caetano - Self - Prime Minister (archive footage)
- Augusto Pinochet - Self - President of Chile (archive footage)
- Mário Soares - Self - Prime Minister (archive footage)
- François Mitterrand - Self - President of France (archive footage)
- José Eduardo dos Santos - Self - President of Angola (archive footage)
- José Manuel Durão Barroso - Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage)
- Américo Tomás - Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)
- Gonçalo Amorim - Narrator / Visitor from 1910
Editing: Edgar Feldman
Country: Portugal
Language: Português
Original Language: pt
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Owners of Portugal about?
- Owners of Portugal is a documentary about one hundred years of economic power. The film portrays the State protection to families that dominated the country's economy, their strategies for power and wealth accumulation. Mello, Champalimaud, Espírito Santo - big families intersect by marriage and integrate by finance. Threatened by the end of the dictatorship, their power is restored under democracy, through privatization and promiscuity with politics. New economic groups - Amorim, Sonae, Jerónimo Martins - grow on the same basis. As the crisis unravels the limits of Portuguese economic development model, this film presents the actors and the main choices that brought us here.
- Who directed Owners of Portugal?
- Owners of Portugal was directed by Jorge Costa.
- Who stars in Owners of Portugal?
- Owners of Portugal stars António Guterres, António de Oliveira Salazar, Marcelo Caetano, Augusto Pinochet, Mário Soares, François Mitterrand.
- How long is Owners of Portugal?
- Owners of Portugal has a runtime of 48m (48 minutes).
- What genre is Owners of Portugal?
- Owners of Portugal is a Documentary film.
- Where was Owners of Portugal produced?
- Owners of Portugal was produced in Portugal.