A Herdade plot
With the death of their father, the brothers João and Joaquim Fernandes inherited one of Europe's largest agricultural land properties. It also determined their way of life. But power is only as valuable as the autonomy needed to exercise it. In the 1970s, the hitherto strictly apolitical João is forced to give up that autonomy, first by the Portuguese authoritarian regime of Estado Novo demanding its support for its failing campaign in Angola, and then by the socialist insurgents who are unleashing a revolution. and trying to nationalize the country's wealth.
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