Released
Lusitanian Illusion
April 22 2010 (over 14 years ago)Rating
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- Director: João Canijo
- Genres: Documentary, History
- Runtime: 1 h 5 m
- Country: Portugal
- Company: Periferia Filmes
Images and sounds expose the duality of Portugal during the days of WW2: a peaceful, god-loving, rural country, providing an escape route for over one hundred thousand European refugees to the Americas; and a political and cultural elite that disguised their Nazi inclinations just enough to play its neutral role in international politics.