Owners of Portugal

Owners of Portugal

2012
48min

Owners of Portugal is a documentary about one hundred years of economic power. The film portrays the State protection to families that dominated the country's economy, their strategies for power and wealth accumulation. Mello, Champalimaud, Espírito Santo - big families intersect by marriage and integrate by finance. Threatened by the end of the dictatorship, their power is restored under democracy, through privatization and promiscuity with politics. New economic groups - Amorim, Sonae, Jerónimo Martins - grow on the same basis. As the crisis unravels the limits of Portuguese economic development model, this film presents the actors and the main choices that brought us here.

Owners of Portugal

Storyline

Owners of Portugal is a documentary about one hundred years of economic power. The film portrays the State protection to families that dominated the country's economy, their strategies for power and wealth accumulation. Mello, Champalimaud, Espírito Santo - big families intersect by marriage and integrate by finance. Threatened by the end of the dictatorship, their power is restored under democracy, through privatization and promiscuity with politics. New economic groups - Amorim, Sonae, Jerónimo Martins - grow on the same basis. As the crisis unravels the limits of Portuguese economic development model, this film presents the actors and the main choices that brought us here.
    Released
    25 April 2012
    Runtime
    48min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Portuguese
Cast
António Guterres
António Guterres
Himself (archive footage)
António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar
Self - Prime Minister (archive footage)
Marcelo Caetano
Marcelo Caetano
Self - Prime Minister (archive footage)
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
Self - President of Chile (archive footage)
Mário Soares
Mário Soares
Self - Prime Minister (archive footage)
François Mitterrand
François Mitterrand
Self - President of France (archive footage)
José Eduardo dos Santos
José Eduardo dos Santos
Self - President of Angola (archive footage)
José Manuel Durão Barroso
José Manuel Durão Barroso
Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage)
Américo Tomás
Américo Tomás
Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)
Gonçalo Amorim
Gonçalo Amorim
Narrator / Visitor from 1910
Fernando Rosas
Fernando Rosas
Self - Historian
António de Spínola
António de Spínola
Self - President of the Republic (Archive Footage)
Belmiro de Azevedo
Belmiro de Azevedo
Self - Industrialist (Archive Footage)
Américo de Amorim
Américo de Amorim
Self - Industrialist (Archive Footage)
Artur Santos Silva
Artur Santos Silva
Self - Banker (Archive Footage)
Pina Moura
Pina Moura
Self - Minister of Finance (Archive Footage)
Jorge Coelho
Jorge Coelho
Self - Government Minister
Mira Amaral
Mira Amaral
Self - Government Minister
Jorge Jardim Gonçalves
Jorge Jardim Gonçalves
Self - Banker (Archive Footage)
Alexandre Soares dos Santos
Alexandre Soares dos Santos
Self - Businessman (Archive Footage)
António Vitorino
António Vitorino
Self - Minister of the Presidency (Archive Footage)
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