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The article analyzes the use of archival footage in the Portuguese film
Brandos Costumes (Mild Manners, 1975), directed by Alberto Seixas Santos (1936–2016).
The film was shot in 1972–73, in the wake of the political opening that followed António
de Oliveira Salazar’s retirement, a period known as Marcelismo (1968–1974); however, it
did not premier until September 1975, that is, several months after the military coup that
put an end to the regime in April 1974. I identify the archival material and examine how it
was incorporated into the film. Drawing on contemporaneous and more recent sources,
I then discuss the film’s dissonant reception and political equivocations.
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appropriation film Portuguese Estado Novo national archive Carnation Revolution Marcelismo
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Citation
Sampaio, S. (2022). Brandos Costumes (1975): Oppositional Filmmaking Meets the National Archive in Revolutionary Portugal. Film History: An International Journal 34(2), pp. 64-91. Indiana University Press. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/868365.