Gestures and Fragments

"Essay on the Military and the Power", a phrase that also belongs to the title of "Gestures & Fragments", sums up the spirit of the film, based on three points of view on the same theme: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho and Eduardo Lourenço, in their own roles, and the one played by Robert Kramer, as an American journalist bent on seeking explanations for the process of the Portuguese Revolution.

• Alberto Seixas SantosDirector
• Otelo Saraiva de CarvalhoWriter
• Eduardo LourençoWriter
• Robert KramerWriter
• Alberto Seixas SantosWriter
• Nuno JúdiceWriter

• Otelo Saraiva de CarvalhoHimself
• Robert KramerAmerican journalist
• Eduardo LourençoHimself
• Joaquim FurtadoNarrator (voice)
• Erika KramerErica Asher (woman who wrote a letter)
• Jorge Silva MeloAmerican journalist (voice)
• Zita DuarteWoman on a river boat (voice)
• Luís Miguel CintraArmando (voice)
• Jaime Silvério MarquesHimself