A True and Faithful Account

Overview

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.

Cast

Catarina Alves Costa

Antónia

António Sequeira Lopes

Brás

Laura Soveral

D. Luísa

Jorge Rolla

Afonso

Cremilda Gil

Ana

Aurora Gaia

Senhorinha

Adelaide Teixeira

Conceição

Sónia Guimarães

Felicidade

Philip J. Spinelli

P. Francisco

Luís Cunha

P. Jerónimo