The King's Trial
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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.
Cast
Carlos Daniel
D. Afonso VI
Aurelle Doazan
D. Maria Francisca de Saboia
Antonino Solmer
D. Pedro, Infante de Portugal
Nuno Carinhas
Marquis of Sande
Manuela Cassola
Nun in Convent
Ruy de Carvalho
Doctor Martim dos Reis
Suzana Borges
Joana de Almeida
João Mário Grilo
Escrivão
Isabel Alves de Carvalho
Josefa de Óbidos
Paulo Filipe
Duque de Cadaval
Carlos Martins Medeiros
Count of Castelo-Melhor
Gérard Hardy
Preyssac, Enviado de Luis XIV
Muriel Brenner
Ninon
Filipe Ferrer
Father Antonio Vieira
Jean Lafront
Father Ville, Queen's Confidant
Jean Rupert
Ambassador Saint-Romain
António Loja Neves
Messenger
F. Pedro Oliveira
Pao
Maria Emília Castanheira
Coscorao
Mário Serrar
Sebastiao Dinis Velho
Adelaide João
Domingas Rodrigues
António Cordeiro
Luís Pavão
Marcello Urgeghe
Preyssac's Secretary
Catarina Alves Costa
Catarina Arrães de Mendonça
Natália Luiza
Freira no Convento
