Ruiz and Sarmiento's film recounts the tale of the Napoleonic invasion of Portugal and the withdrawal of Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese forces to the southern hill country. The general's devastating tactic was to compensate for his army's comparative lack of numbers by luring the French into hostile terrain, fortifying the lines of Bussaco and picking the invaders off as they climbed the slopes.

Starring:

Adriano Luz, Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Diogo Dória, Elsa Zylberstein, Gonçalo Waddington, Isabelle Huppert, John Malkovich, Jose Afonso Pimentel, Jose Meireles, Malik Zidi, Manuel Wiborg, Marcello Urgeghe, Maria João Bastos, Marisa Paredes, Mathieu Amalric, Melvil Poupaud, Michel Piccoli, Miguel Borges, Nuno Lopes, Paulo Pire

Genre:

Drama, History, War