CinemaOSMovie · 2007 · 1h 25m

State of Exception

The history behind the relationship of the Theater Initiation Circle of the Academy of Coimbra and the protests and resistance to the Salazar dictatorship in Portugal

100%(1)DocumentaryHistory

Estado de Excepção is a documentary about CITAC (Coimbra Theater Initiation Circle), a university theater group, revealing history since it was constituted in 1956 until the aftermath of the 1974 revolution. It is the history of the theater group university and, through it, the history of theater in Portugal, revealing two remarkable decades of the History of Portugal. Through the Academy of Coimbra, the documentary reproduces student life, the position of women in society, and the change in mentalities of being and being in the world. It reproduces the existing censorship and the fight against the dictatorship, the resistance to an exhausted regime, as well as the emerging contradictions of the democratic revolution. CITAC has a heritage of 50 years of experience in Coimbra. It carries with it the possibility of the theatrical and civic formation of thinking bodies, constituting a proper ball of a possible model, generation by generation, between studies, theater, and social drama.

Directed byRicardo Seiça Salgado

Play
Status
Released
Runtime
1h 25m
Language
PT
Released
May 15, 2007
Studios
TerratremeCírculo de Iniciação Teatral da Academia de Coimbra (CITAC)projeto BUH!

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
João Viegas

João Viegas

himself

Feliciano David

himself

Leandro Vale

Leandro Vale

himself

António Lobo Fernandes

himself

Helder Costa

Helder Costa

himself

Eliana Gersão

herself

Emílio Rui Vilar

himself

Manuel Valente

himself

Helena Seabra

herself

António Lopes Dias

himself

Creative team
Directed by
Ricardo Seiça Salgado
Ricardo Seiça Salgado

Keep watching

More like this

Gonsalvus - Die wahre Geschichte von "Die Schöne und das Biest"

Gonsalvus - Die wahre Geschichte von "Die Schöne und das Biest"

2013 · Film

Great Women Artists: Frida Kahlo

Great Women Artists: Frida Kahlo

2000 · Film

Make Me Famous

Make Me Famous

2023 · Film

Football With a Cause10.0

Football With a Cause

2009 · Film

The Atelier of Paul Hugo ten Hoopen

The Atelier of Paul Hugo ten Hoopen

2025 · Film

FAVULOSES

FAVULOSES

Film

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass7.0

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

2021 · Film

Becoming Brigitte

Becoming Brigitte

2025 · Film

Is Paris Burning?7.2

Is Paris Burning?

1966 · Film

The Blood of Others5.2

The Blood of Others

1984 · Film

A Farra do Circo9.0

A Farra do Circo

2013 · Film

Disobbedienti5.0

Disobbedienti

2002 · Film

Las Muralistas: Our Walls, Our Stories

Las Muralistas: Our Walls, Our Stories

2022 · Film

Out of the Interior: Survival of the small-town cinema in British Columbia

Out of the Interior: Survival of the small-town cinema in British Columbia

Film

Animation Film Making: A Teaching Method at the Institute of Design 1968 to 1980

Animation Film Making: A Teaching Method at the Institute of Design 1968 to 1980

1999 · Film

I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art5.5

I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

1987 · Film

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days7.1

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

2005 · Film

Prêtres interdits6.0

Prêtres interdits

1973 · Film

Picked for you

Recommended movies

American Teen6.4

American Teen

2008 · Film

Sidney6.9

Sidney

2022 · Film

The Edge of Democracy7.7

The Edge of Democracy

2019 · Film

Ghost Elephants7.6

Ghost Elephants

2026 · Film

Cameraperson6.7

Cameraperson

2016 · Film

The Class of ‘927.1

The Class of ‘92

2013 · Film

The Corporation7.6

The Corporation

2003 · Film

Salinger6.4

Salinger

2013 · Film

Heart of a Dog6.5

Heart of a Dog

2015 · Film

Ronaldo7.0

Ronaldo

2015 · Film

My Mom Jayne8.0

My Mom Jayne

2025 · Film

Deliver Us from Evil7.2

Deliver Us from Evil

2006 · Film

Seduced and Abandoned6.2

Seduced and Abandoned

2013 · Film

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/207.2

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

2022 · Film

Diego Maradona7.4

Diego Maradona

2019 · Film

The War Room6.8

The War Room

1993 · Film

The Unknown Known6.8

The Unknown Known

2013 · Film

Frank and Ollie7.4

Frank and Ollie

1995 · Film

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story7.5

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025 · Film

Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition8.5

Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition

2026 · Film