The Core Question
What just happened between you and "Crowned Maria"?
No need to judge. Just record how you feel right now.
Overview
This really happened, or so it is said. In 1840, a few years after the Portuguese Civil War, a young man arrived at a village by the Douro, carrying a book full of stories. Following the teachings of that book, the villagers of Granja do Tedo founded a social and religious movement that would last seven years, led by the healer Maria das Neves, self-styled “Third Eve, by Jesus Crowned”. The promotion of women’s role in society, the divulgation of naturism, solidarity with the poor and the expansion of free education were some of the movement’s demands. Maria Coroada, Crowned Maria, tells us of the ability to converse with the gods that live inside of us, of the courageous search for voices that transcend us. It also tells us of a book’s power to transform a whole community. And of the beauty of that transformation.
Cast & Crew
Carlos Coelho da Silva
Director
Carla Chambel
Maria Coroada
Cleia Almeida
Antónia
Sandra Barata Belo
Cristina 1840
Oceana Basílio
Cristina 2012
Ricardo Carriço
José
Diogo Morgado
Basílio
Love Letters from the Community
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