The King's Trial
1990At 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.
Acted in
Carlos Daniel
as D. Afonso VI
Aurelle Doazan
as D. Maria Francisca de Saboia
Antonino Solmer
as D. Pedro, Infante de Portugal
Nuno Carinhas
as Marquis of Sande
Manuela Cassola
as Nun in Convent
Ruy de Carvalho
as Doctor Martim dos Reis
Suzana Borges
as Joana de Almeida
João Mário Grilo
as Escrivão
Isabel Alves de Carvalho
as Josefa de Óbidos
Paulo Filipe
as Duque de Cadaval
Carlos Martins Medeiros
as Count of Castelo-Melhor
Gérard Hardy
as Preyssac, Enviado de Luis XIV
Muriel Brenner
as Ninon
Filipe Ferrer
as Father Antonio Vieira
Jean Lafront
as Father Ville, Queen's Confidant
Jean Rupert
as Ambassador Saint-Romain
António Loja Neves
as Messenger
F. Pedro Oliveira
as Pao
Maria Emília Castanheira
as Coscorao
Mário Serrar
as Sebastiao Dinis Velho
Adelaide João
as Domingas Rodrigues
António Cordeiro
Luís Pavão
Marcello Urgeghe
as Preyssac's Secretary
Catarina Alves Costa
as Catarina Arrães de Mendonça
Natália Luiza
as Freira no Convento
Luís Couto
as Marquês de Marialva