The King's Trial
O Processo do Rei
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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Cast
Natália Luiza
as Freira no Convento
Carlos Daniel
as D. Afonso VI
Manuela Cassola
as Nun in Convent
F. Pedro Oliveira
as Pao
Maria Emília Castanheira
as Coscorao
António Cordeiro
Filipe Ferrer
as Father Antonio Vieira
Aurelle Doazan
as D. Maria Francisca de Saboia
Antonino Solmer
as D. Pedro, Infante de Portugal
Suzana Borges
as Joana de Almeida
Paulo Filipe
as Duque de Cadaval
Luís Pavão
Catarina Alves Costa
as Catarina Arrães de Mendonça
Nuno Carinhas
as Marquis of Sande
Jean Rupert
as Ambassador Saint-Romain
Marcello Urgeghe
as Preyssac's Secretary
Ruy de Carvalho
as Doctor Martim dos Reis
João Mário Grilo
as Escrivão
Adelaide João
as Domingas Rodrigues
