António Ferreira’s drama The Dead Queen [+lire aussi :
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The movie is an adaptation of A Trança de Inês, written by late author Rosa Lobato de Faria, and inspired by the historical events relating to Portuguese king Dom Pedro, who exhumed his mistress, Inês de Castro, in order to make her into a queen posthumously. In particular, the script, penned by Ferreira himself, tells the story of Dom Pedro (Diogo Amaral), a man admitted to a psychiatric hospital for travelling by car with the corpse of his beloved, and is set in three different periods – namely, the 14th century, the modern day and a dystopian future. The main cast includes actors Joana de Verona (Amor Amor [+lire aussi :
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To date, The Dead Queen has earned €182,130 at the national box office and has had 1,864 screenings; Bad Investigate has grossed €241,813 (2,354 screenings) and Soldado Milhões €119,479 (1,770 screenings). Nevertheless, the animated Pixar film Incredibles 2 remains at the top of the overall box-office chart, with over 605,000 admissions and a profit of €3,188,042 (15,596 screenings). 

The Dead Queen has been released across 40 screens and is being distributed by Nós Audiovisuais in Portugal and Pandora Filmes in Brazil.