Name: The Guns and the People
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1977-11-01
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Cast: Glauber Rocha, Adelino Gomes, Fernando Balsinha, Júlio Isidro, Mário Soares

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Portugal, 1975

Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, registering interviews and political events of the Portuguese "Carnation Revolution", as that period would be later known.

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Portuguese History
Carnations Revolution
Observational Documentary
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Post-Dictatorship
Hopeful Struggle

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Directed by: Luís Galvão Teles, Eduardo Geada, José de Sá Caetano
Music by: José Afonso, José Mário Branco

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November 1, 1977 · 1 h 22 min · Documentary

Released: November 1, 1977
Runtime: 1 h 22 min
Genres: Documentary
Original language: Portuguese
Made in: Portugal

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Is The Guns and the People worth watching?

73

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Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 73 (IMDb 7.4).

Is The Guns and the People okay for kids?

Yes: the viewing guide lists it for family nights.

Will I feel good after watching The Guns and the People?

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Yes, it's an uplifting movie: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for hopefulness and 5 for wholesome.

Is The Guns and the People in English?

Portuguese

No, it was made in Portuguese.