The Military Academy of Lisbon,
Portugal
Directed by Dominique Guerrier

26 MIN
BETA DIGITAL (16/9)

Original version available
with English or French commentary
 
documentary – lifestyle – surroundings – art – culture
– society – history – nature – work – everyday life

SYNOPSIS

Kaleidoscope sketches the portrait of an unusual living space. The Academia Militar in Lisbon dates from 1959, offers a Polythechnique education and trains police officers. It is from here that some of the officers at the origin of the Carnations Revolution of 1974 came. In Portugal, higher military education dates back to the War of Restoration in 1641.
The military Academy is now divided between two sites, the headquarters in Lisbon (Queen's Court) and the appurtenances in Amadora. It is in Lisbon that the command and management organs are to be found, as well as the infrastructures for the students: from the boarding accommodation to the sporting facilities. Today, since the end of the last Portuguese colonial wars, military science concerns humanitarian interventions as much as the needs of civil society. It is to this "cultural" evolution that we wish to bear witness, in the company of the actors and witnesses of this place.

CREDITS

Directed by : Dominique Guerrier
Script : Dominique Guerrier
Mister Kaleidoscope was written and acted by Marc-Henri Wajnberg
Image : Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd
Editing : Dominique Lefever
Sound : Damien Defays

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION

Wajnbrosse Productions
Video cassette available on request Contact-us

PRODUCTION

ARTE France
Panic Productions
Wajnbrosse Productions

With the support of
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) ,
Ministère de la Communauté Française de Belgique et des Télédistributeurs Wallons

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