Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo

Overview

Documentary about the life, convictions and career of Portugal's first and only female Prime Minister. Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo believed that "women can be a force for radical transformation of the institutionalised irrationality in which we live. The multifunctionality of their existence, the diversity of the planes on which they move, their daily lives give them a special capacity to find a new understanding and a new effectiveness for governance in the midst of complexity". Unlike many other women who have the same conviction, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo turned her life into a praxis of her own belief.

Directed by Graça Castanheira

Top cast

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Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo

Self (archive footage)

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Adelino Gomes

Self

António Ramalho Eanes

Self

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Luis Sousa Lobo

Self

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Eduardo Lourenço

Self

Maria José Nogueira Pinto

Self

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Luís Moita

Self

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Francisco Louçã

Self

Maria João Seixas

Self

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Isabel Allegro de Magalhães

Self

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Fátima Grácio

Self

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Sara Luísa Gouveia

Self

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Marijke de Koning

Self

Maria João Pires

Self

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