Lusitanian Illusion

Documentary, History

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director João Canijo

Status Released

Release Date 2010-04-22

Storyline

Images and sounds expose the duality of Portugal during the days of WW2: a peaceful, god-loving, rural country, providing an escape route for over one hundred thousand European refugees to the Americas; and a political and cultural elite that disguised their Nazi inclinations just enough to play its neutral role in international politics.