Non, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar
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No, or the Vain Glory of Command is a 1990 Portuguese film directed by Manoel de Oliveira
. The film, starring Luís Miguel Cintra and Miguel Guilherme
, depicts a series of defeats from the entire military history of Portugal
- the assassination of Viriathus
, the Battle of Toro
, the Battle of Alcacer-Quibir - which are told through flashbacks as a professorish Portuguese soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African overseas territory in 1973, during the Portuguese Colonial War
(1961-1974). He easily draws his comrades into philosophical musings, while the little contingent suffers surprise attacks by groups of independentist guerrillas.
It was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival
.
Manoel de Oliveira
Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. He began working on films in the late 1920s, but did not receive international recognition until the early 1970s. Since the late 1980s he has been one of the most prolific working film directors and...
. The film, starring Luís Miguel Cintra and Miguel Guilherme
Miguel Guilherme
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, depicts a series of defeats from the entire military history of Portugal
Military history of Portugal
The Military history of Portugal is as long as the history of the country, either before the emergence of the socio-political reality of an independent Portuguese state, either after that.-Before Portugal:...
- the assassination of Viriathus
Viriathus
Viriathus was the most important leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion into the regions of Western Hispania , where the Roman province of Lusitania would be established...
, the Battle of Toro
Battle of Toro
The Battle of Toro was a Royal battle from the War of the Castilian Succession, fought on 1 March 1476, near the city of Toro, between the Castilian troops of the Catholic Monarchs and the Portuguese-Castilian forces of Afonso V and Prince John....
, the Battle of Alcacer-Quibir - which are told through flashbacks as a professorish Portuguese soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African overseas territory in 1973, during the Portuguese Colonial War
Portuguese Colonial War
The Portuguese Colonial War , also known in Portugal as the Overseas War or in the former colonies as the War of liberation , was fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African colonies between 1961 and 1974, when the Portuguese regime was...
(1961-1974). He easily draws his comrades into philosophical musings, while the little contingent suffers surprise attacks by groups of independentist guerrillas.
It was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival
1990 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Bernardo Bertolucci *Alexei Guerman *Anjelica Huston *Bertrand Blier *Christopher Hampton*Fanny Ardant *Françoise Giroud *Hayao Shibata *Mira Nair *Sven Nykvist...
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Cast
- Luís Miguel Cintra - Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal
- Diogo Dória - Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin
- Miguel GuilhermeMiguel Guilherme-External links:...
- Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior - Luís Lucas - Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman
- Carlos Gomes - Soldier Pedro, Alcácer warrior
- António S. Lopes - Soldier, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior
- Mateus Lorena - Don Sebastião
- Lola FornerLola FornerLola Forner also known as María Dolores Forner, is a Spanish actress. She was crowned Miss Spain in 1979...
- Princess Doña Isabel - Raúl Fraire - Don Afonso
- Ruy de Carvalho - Preacher at funeral, Suicidal warrior (as Rui de Carvalho)
- Teresa Menezes - Venus (as Teresa Meneses)
- Leonor Silveira - Tethys
- Paulo Matos - Radio operator, Vasco de Gama, Camões
- Francisco Baião - Prince Don João
- Luís Mascarenhas - Don Afonso V
- Duarte de Almeida - Baron of Alvito