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The King's Trial

5.8 91 mins Drama   1990
Madragoa Films  
Director(s): João Mário Grilo

At the time Portugal presented a strange spectacle to the rest of Europe. D. Afonso VI, son of the fortunate D. João de Bragança, was in possession of the throne and was an insane imbecile. His wife, daughter of the Duke of Nemours and cousin of Louis XIV, dared hatch a plot to oust her husband from the throne. The king's stupidity justified the queen's bravado. Despite being master of unusual strength and having slept with his wife for a long time, she accused him of being impotent. Marie Françoise had acquired through artfulness what Afonso had lost in anger in the kingdom. She had him imprisoned ( November 1667 ) and quickly obtained a papal bull from Rome to confirm her virginity and bless her marriage to her brother-in-law Pedro. Portugal's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990.

Casts of The King's Trial

Carlos Daniel

as D. Afonso VI

Aurelle Doazan

as D. Maria Francisca de Saboia

Antonino Solmer

as D. Pedro, Infante de Portugal

Nuno Carinhas

as Marquis of Sande

Manuela Cassola

as Nun in Convent

Ruy de Carvalho

as Doctor Martim dos Reis

Suzana Borges

as Joana de Almeida

João Mário Grilo

as Escrivão

Isabel Alves de Carvalho

as Josefa de Óbidos

Paulo Filipe

as Duque de Cadaval

Carlos Martins Medeiros

as Count of Castelo-Melhor

Gérard Hardy

as Preyssac, Enviado de Luis XIV

Muriel Brenner

as Ninon

Filipe Ferrer

as Father Antonio Vieira

Jean Lafront

as Father Ville, Queen's Confidant

Jean Rupert

as Ambassador Saint-Romain

António Loja Neves

as Messenger

Mário Serrar

as Sebastiao Dinis Velho

Adelaide João

as Domingas Rodrigues

Marcello Urgeghe

as Preyssac's Secretary

Catarina Alves Costa

as Catarina Arrães de Mendonça

Natália Luiza

as Freira no Convento

Luís Couto

as Marquês de Marialva

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