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202535 minPG-13documentary

There Will Be an Election

202535 minPG-13documentary

Around 92% of registered voters participated in Portugal's first free elections on April 25, 1975, a turnout rate that remains unmatched.

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Cláudia Varejão

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Around 92% of registered voters participated in Portugal's first free elections on April 25, 1975, a turnout rate that remains unmatched.

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Cláudia Varejão

Cláudia Varejãodirector

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Election night on April 25, 1975, took place at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Portugal. For the first time, adults voted freely. Around 92% of registered voters participated, a turnout rate still unmatched. The vote count was broadcast live on television. Images from that historic night and testimonies from those present provide insight into this significant moment in Portuguese democracy. The film revisits the atmosphere and emotions of the event.

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