Home > Movies > Drama > Crowned Maria (2012)

Crowned Maria (2012)

Name: Crowned Maria
Director: Carlos Coelho da Silva
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 2012-10-01
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Carla Chambel, Cleia Almeida, Sandra Barata Belo, Oceana Basílio, Ricardo Carriço

TMDB 0.00h 30mDrama TV Movie

Find Where to Stream

Plot Summary

This really happened, or so it is said. In 1840, a few years after the Portuguese Civil War, a young man arrived at a village by the Douro, carrying a book full of stories. Following the teachings of that book, the villagers of Granja do Tedo founded a social and religious movement that would last seven years, led by the healer Maria das Neves, self-styled “Third Eve, by Jesus Crowned”. The promotion of women’s role in society, the divulgation of naturism, solidarity with the poor and the expansion of free education were some of the movement’s demands. Maria Coroada, Crowned Maria, tells us of the ability to converse with the gods that live inside of us, of the courageous search for voices that transcend us. It also tells us of a book’s power to transform a whole community. And of the beauty of that transformation.