Lusitanian Illusion
Original title: Fantasia Lusitana
6.4(7)20101h 5mPT
Directed by João Canijo
Images and sounds expose the duality of Portugal during the days of WW2: a peaceful, god-loving, rural country, providing an escape route for over one hundred thousand European refugees to the Americas; and a political and cultural elite that disguised their Nazi inclinations just enough to play its neutral role in international politics.
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