The King's Trial
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.
Release Date
January 19, 1990Runtime
91 minGenres
DramaDirected by
João Mário GriloScreenplay by
Daniel Arasse, João Mário Grilo, Colin ThieleLanguage
PortugueseBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Carlos Daniel
D. Afonso VIAurelle Doazan
D. Maria Francisca de SaboiaAntonino Solmer
D. Pedro, Infante de PortugalNuno Carinhas
Marquis of SandeManuela Cassola
Nun in ConventRuy de Carvalho
Doctor Martim dos ReisSuzana Borges
Joana de AlmeidaJoão Mário Grilo
EscrivãoPaulo Filipe
Duque de CadavalFilipe Ferrer
Father Antonio VieiraJean Rupert
Ambassador Saint-RomainF. Pedro Oliveira
PaoMaria Emília Castanheira
CoscoraoAdelaide João
Domingas RodriguesAntónio Cordeiro
Luís Pavão
Marcello Urgeghe
Preyssac's SecretaryCatarina Alves Costa
Catarina Arrães de MendonçaNatália Luiza
Freira no Convento