Using film and television footage taken during the revolutionary movement of April 25, 1974 in Portugal, and mixing it with music and live interviews with common people, the director conveys a vivid account of the period in which a military coup evolved to a socialist revolution, then was tempered into a formal European style democracy.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 José Mário BrancoNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |
| DDuran ClementeHimself (revolutionary lieutenant) | Himself (revolutionary lieutenant) |
 Álvaro CunhalHimself (PCP leader) | Himself (PCP leader) |
 Otelo Saraiva de CarvalhoHimself (revolutionary captain) | Himself (revolutionary captain) |
| GGalvão de MeloHimself (member of the military junta) | Himself (member of the military junta) |
 António de SpínolaHimself (President of the Republic) | Himself (President of the Republic) |
 Diogo Freitas do AmaralHimself (CDS leader) | Himself (CDS leader) |
| AAdelino GomesHimself (radio reporter) | Himself (radio reporter) |
| VVasco GonçalvesHimself (colonel and Prime Minister) | Himself (colonel and Prime Minister) |
 António Ramalho EanesSelf (Army commander) | Self (Army commander) |