In 1980, a small plane carrying the Prime Minister, the Defense Minister and six others crashed during takeoff in Camarate, Portugal, killing all on board. The police investigation decided it was an accident caused by pilot error. But controversy raged for twenty years, and the Parliament investigated it no less than six times. Finally, in 2000, in response to a suit by the families of the survivors, the High Court had to decide whether to open a criminal investigation, or close the case forever.
Acting
Maria João Luís carries decades of suppressed rage in every glance.
Writing
Turns bureaucratic procedures into genuine suspense.
Director
Luís Filipe Rocha
Maria João Luís
Luisa
Virgílio Castelo
Diogo
Filipe Ferrer
Carlos
Cândido Ferreira
Manuel Mesquita
José Wallenstein
Paulo
Ana Nave
Marta
Adriano Luz
André
José Meireles
Joaquim
João Lobo
David
Alexandra Leite
Diana
Carlos Quintas
António
António Pedro Cerdeira
Pilot
Luís Lucas
Sá Carneiro
João Reis
Gaspar Frade
Luís Mascarenhas
Inácio Costa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Camarate crash remains Portugal's most divisive modern tragedy, with conspiracy theories still dominating dinner tables two decades after this film.
Director Luís Filipe Rocha deliberately mirrored the actual 2000 court timeline, shooting while the real case was still unresolved.
PT
