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No, or the Vain Glory of Command

6.4(28)19901h 47m1

Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a conscripted student of history recounts them to his fellow soldiers while they march through an African colony in revolt during 1973.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Portuguese
  • portugal
  • warfare
  • portuguese history

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France, Portugal, Spain

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Release dates

  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival (Out of Competition)1 May 1990
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical24 May 1991
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/1212 Oct 1990

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No, or the Vain Glory of Command was released on 12 October 1990.

Audience reviews

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    Filipe Manuel Neto

    1/1/2023

    4/10

    **One of Oliveira's best… but weak, fragile, boring and a little unpatriotic.** I already had the opportunity to see, and review here, more than one film by Manoel de Oliveira, and after having seen this film, I keep my ideas. I have absolutely nothing against the director, I really appreciate his tenacity, his passion for cinematographic art, the way he devoted himself to cinema in a country that never saw in cin…

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