Goodbye Portugal - The Leap
Director Carlos Domingomes
Countries
Duration 58 min
Synopsis
Between 1958 and 1974, 1 million and a half of Portuguese left their country. Fleeing the Portuguese Colonial War, the hunger, the poverty, the repression. The main destination: France. The cardboard suitcase was all they took, because in fact they had nothing more.The journey of escape, of indefinite duration, was known as "The leap”. Ahead, two borders awaited them, the PIDE, the Portuguese Fiscal Guard, the Spanish Civil Guard, French gendarmerie, and 2.000 km (1242 miles) made on foot.
Between 1958 and 1974, 1 million and a half of Portuguese left their country. Fleeing the Portuguese Colonial War, the hunger, the poverty, the repression. The main destination: France. The cardboard suitcase was all they took, because in fact they had nothing more.The journey of escape, of indefinite duration, was known as "The leap”. Ahead, two borders awaited them, the PIDE, the Portuguese Fiscal Guard, the Spanish Civil Guard, French gendarmerie, and 2.000 km (1242 miles) made on foot.