A True and Faithful Account

A True and Faithful Account

85 mins | Drama | June 22, 1989

The young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de Meneses because of the obscure interests between rural aristocratic families in the North. Brás is a ruined man, a bohemian with a reputation for violence and erratic behaviour. Antonia’s fortune is the first sacrifice made by the young wife. Fascinated by the man who humiliates and ill-treats her, she follows him in a pilgrimage to increasingly barren lands, to increasingly less hospitable houses.

A True and Faithful Account

85 mins | Drama | June 22, 1989

A True and Faithful Account
The young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de Meneses because of the obscure interests between rural aristocratic families in the North. Brás is a ruined man, a bohemian with a reputation for violence and erratic behaviour. Antonia’s fortune is the first sacrifice made by the young wife. Fascinated by the man who humiliates and ill-treats her, she follows him in a pilgrimage to increasingly barren lands, to increasingly less hospitable houses.
Producers Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC), Monteiro & Gil
Original title Relação Fiel e Verdadeira
Directors Margarida Gil
Writers Luiza Neto Jorge, Margarida Gil, João César Monteiro

Cast

João César Monteiro

as Jogador de Poquer

Laura Soveral

as D. Luísa

Catarina Alves Costa

as Antónia

Cremilda Gil

as Ana

Jorge Rolla

as Afonso

Sónia Guimarães

as Felicidade

João Pedro Bénard

as Jogador de Poquer

Jorge Pinto

as Aires

Margarida Gil

as Nun

Joaquim Pinto

as Father

Aurora Gaia

as Senhorinha

Manuel Costa e Silva

as Jogador de Poquer