The King's Trial by João Mário Grilo
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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.
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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
F. Pedro Oliveira as Pao
Maria Emília Castanheira as Coscorao
Mário Serrar as Sebastiao Dinis Velho
Adelaide João as Domingas Rodrigues
António Cordeiro as
Luís Pavão as
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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