Frei Luís de Sousa

Frei Luís de Sousa

1950 · 118 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama, Family, History

Seven years after the disastrous Battle of Alcácer Quibir, where King Sebastian and the nobleman Dom João disappeared, the latter's wife Dona Madalena de Vilhena finally gives up hope that he'll return and marries the knight Dom Manuel de Sousa Coutinho, with whom she has a daughter, who is afflicted by a fatal illness. Now only the tutor Telmo Pais retains the hope that the lost husband is alive, a premonition that may be confirmed after two decades, with the arrival of a mysterious pilgrim...

Directed by António Lopes Ribeiro · Written by António Lopes Ribeiro

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Maria Sampaio D. Madalena de Vilhena
Raul de Carvalho D. Manuel de Sousa Coutinho
María Dulce D. Maria de Noronha
João Villaret Telmo Pais
Barreto Poeira Romeiro / D. João de Portugal
Tomás de Macedo Dom Jorge
José Amaro Miranda
Maria Olguim Doroteia
Jaime Santos Padre de Benfica
José Victor Irmão Leigo

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