The King's Trial

The story

At the time Portugal presented a strange spectacle to the rest of Europe. D. Afonso VI, son of the fortunate D. João de Bragança, was in possession of the throne and was an insane imbecile. His wife, daughter of the Duke of Nemours and cousin of Louis XIV, dared hatch a plot to oust her husband from the throne. The king's stupidity justified the queen's bravado. Despite being master of unusual strength and having slept with his wife for a long time, she accused him of being impotent. Marie Françoise had acquired through artfulness what Afonso had lost in anger in the kingdom. She had him imprisoned ( November 1667 ) and quickly obtained a papal bull from Rome to confirm her virginity and bless her marriage to her brother-in-law Pedro. Portugal's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990.

Cast

C Carlos DanielD. Afonso VI A Aurelle DoazanD. Maria Francisca de Saboia A Antonino SolmerD. Pedro, Infante de Portugal N Nuno CarinhasMarquis of Sande M Manuela CassolaNun in Convent R Ruy de CarvalhoDoctor Martim dos Reis S Suzana BorgesJoana de Almeida J João Mário GriloEscrivão I Isabel Alves de CarvalhoJosefa de Óbidos P Paulo FilipeDuque de Cadaval C Carlos Martins MedeirosCount of Castelo-Melhor G Gérard HardyPreyssac, Enviado de Luis XIV

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M Muriel BrennerNinon F Filipe FerrerFather Antonio Vieira J Jean LafrontFather Ville, Queen's Confidant J Jean RupertAmbassador Saint-Romain A António Loja NevesMessenger F F. Pedro OliveiraPao M Maria Emília CastanheiraCoscorao M Mário SerrarSebastiao Dinis Velho A Adelaide JoãoDomingas Rodrigues A António Cordeiro L Luís Pavão M Marcello UrgeghePreyssac's Secretary C Catarina Alves CostaCatarina Arrães de Mendonça N Natália LuizaFreira no Convento L Luís CoutoMarquês de Marialva