Owners of Portugal
Apr 25, 2012 · 48m
Director
Jorge CostaOverview
Owners of Portugal is a documentary about one hundred years of economic power. The film portrays the State protection to families that dominated the country's economy, their strategies for power and wealth accumulation. Mello, Champalimaud, Espírito Santo - big families intersect by marriage and integrate by finance. Threatened by the end of the dictatorship, their power is restored under democracy, through privatization and promiscuity with politics. New economic groups - Amorim, Sonae, Jerónimo Martins - grow on the same basis. As the crisis unravels the limits of Portuguese economic development model, this film presents the actors and the main choices that brought us here.
Cast of Owners of Portugal
António GuterresSelf (archive footage)
António de Oliveira SalazarSelf - Prime Minister (archive footage)
Marcelo CaetanoSelf - Prime Minister (archive footage)
Augusto PinochetSelf - President of Chile (archive footage)
Mário SoaresSelf - Prime Minister (archive footage)
François MitterrandSelf - President of France (archive footage)
José Eduardo dos SantosSelf - President of Angola (archive footage)
José Manuel Durão BarrosoSelf - Minister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage)
Américo TomásSelf - President of the Republic (archive footage)
Gonçalo AmorimNarrator / Visitor from 1910
Fernando RosasSelf - Historian
António de SpínolaSelf - President of the Republic (Archive Footage)
Belmiro de AzevedoSelf - Industrialist (Archive Footage)
Américo de AmorimSelf - Industrialist (Archive Footage)
Artur Santos SilvaSelf - Banker (Archive Footage)
Pina MouraSelf - Minister of Finance (Archive Footage)
Jorge CoelhoSelf - Government Minister
Mira AmaralSelf - Government Minister
Jorge Jardim GonçalvesSelf - Banker (Archive Footage)
Alexandre Soares dos SantosSelf - Businessman (Archive Footage)
António VitorinoSelf - Minister of the Presidency (Archive Footage)
Crew of Owners of Portugal
About Owners of Portugal
What is Owners of Portugal about?
Owners of Portugal is a documentary about one hundred years of economic power. The film portrays the State protection to families that dominated the country's economy, their strategies for power and wealth accumulation. Mello, Champalimaud, Espírito Santo - big families intersect by marriage and integrate by finance. Threatened by the end of the dictatorship, their power is restored under…
When was Owners of Portugal released?
Owners of Portugal was released on April 25, 2012.
How long is Owners of Portugal?
Owners of Portugal runs 48 minutes.
Who directed Owners of Portugal?
Owners of Portugal was directed by Jorge Costa.
Who is in the cast of Owners of Portugal?
The cast of Owners of Portugal includes António Guterres (Self (archive footage)), António de Oliveira Salazar (Self - Prime Minister (archive footage)), Marcelo Caetano (Self - Prime Minister (archive footage)), Augusto Pinochet (Self - President of Chile (archive footage)) and Mário Soares (Self - Prime Minister (archive footage)).