No, or the Vain Glory of Command

No, or the Vain Glory of Command
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Produced by Paulo Branco
Written by Manoel de Oliveira
P. João Marques
Starring Luís Miguel Cintra
Cinematography Elso Roque
Editing by Manoel de Oliveira
Release date(s) 26 September 1990
Running time 110 minutes
Country Portugal
Language Portuguese

No, or the Vain Glory of Command (Portuguese: Non, ou a Vã Gloria de Mandar) 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.[1]

Cast

  • Luís Miguel Cintra - Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal
  • Diogo Dória - Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin
  • Miguel Guilherme - 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 Forner - 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

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: No, or the Vain Glory of Command". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/166/year/1990.html. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 

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