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Some one hundred letters, written by Portuguese women in 1958, are found by chance in the shop of an old dealer in secondhand goods, who never read them, thinking they were love letters. They are responses to a circular sent by a mysterious movement calling for support of the dictatorship, which no historian had ever heard of. The original circular was never found, but from the responses, we understand it involved a call to women to mobilize in the name of peace. In all the letters, the women speak about their gratitude for and admiration of the dictator. But as if the need to talk were too strong, we sometimes glimpse amid the stock phrases and pious wishes, the fear, sadness and isolation in which they lived in the Portugal of the 50s. These letters were written by a seamstress, numerous teachers, housewives, and the spouses of some important figures of the regime. By confronting these women today with the ghosts of the past, this film, which also draws on rare archive footage, is a disturbing look at the obscurantism that held sway in Portugal for over 50 years.

Portugal - 2006 - 1 h - DV Cam - Colour and B&W

Director Inês de Medeiros Writer Inês de Medeiros Camera Marta Pessoa Sound Raquel Jacinto Editing Inês de Medeiros Music Anne Victorino d'Almeida

Production Faux, Calçadinha do Tijolo, 48 - 2º, 1100-608 Lisbonne, Portugal Tél : +351 917 847 794 E-mail : faux_pt@yahoo.com Co-Production ADR Productions, Néon Rouge Productions

Sales Faux, Calçadinha do Tijolo, 48 - 2º, 1100-608 Lisbonne, Portugal Tél : +351 917 847 794 E-mail : faux_pt@yahoo.com