What Shall I Do With This Sword?
1975 · 64 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 121 VOTES · DIR. João César Monteiro
Overview
By cross-editing footage of Portuguese workers protesting against NATO forces and various movies, Monteiro shows how one 'sword' can confront the army.
Dialogue Timeline — 549 lines
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00:00:00 WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THIS SWORD?
00:08:58 What it's doing is making us spend a bit more and also starve a bit more.
00:11:14 It's much older than anything back in the States.
00:12:41 ... as far as...
00:18:41 We'll see if it works out that way or...
00:21:41 There was this time when I got out of the house
00:23:20 I do it and in a wink he kneels on the carpet
00:25:07 And of course, since he didn't eat it on the way
00:26:42 and I was just a kid, a child.
00:31:57 American aggressions to our country
00:33:23 By expressing my opinion, I'm expressing the feeling
00:34:55 and should not go to NATO
00:39:43 After I had an accident, I couldn't work anymore
00:41:34 so that we can defend ourselves
00:43:33 Now, thanks to the military youth
00:45:11 So we, as young people... You as young people and me as an old man
00:47:06 who allowed the government, more and more, to live of exploitation.
00:48:29 - For seven years? - For seven years.
00:50:06 they gave them as much as they wanted to.
00:51:29 They'd give us the worse fish they'd caught.
00:53:02 Both the people of Guinea and of Cape Verde.
00:54:29 For what? He had no need for it, but his peoples did.
00:58:58 The first one's yet to come.
28:00:00 after three years.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed549
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line28:00:00
Production Record
DirectorJoão César Monteiro
LanguagePortuguese
IMDb votes121