The King's Trial (1990)
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Release01/19/1990
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ProductionMadragoa Films
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Rotten tomato58%
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Original titleO Processo do Rei
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Original languagept
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Overview
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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D. Afonso VI
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D. Maria Francisca de Saboia
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D. Pedro, Infante de Portugal
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Marquis of Sande
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Nun in Convent
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Doctor Martim dos Reis
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Joana de Almeida
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Escrivão
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Josefa de Óbidos
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Duque de Cadaval
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Count of Castelo-Melhor
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Preyssac, Enviado de Luis XIV
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Ninon
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Father Antonio Vieira
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Father Ville, Queen's Confidant
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Ambassador Saint-Romain
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Messenger
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Pao
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Coscorao
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Sebastiao Dinis Velho
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Domingas Rodrigues
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Preyssac's Secretary
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Catarina Arrães de Mendonça
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Freira no Convento