The Flower with the Gun

Espace Fayolle, 6 avenue Fayolle

Jean-Philippe Daguerre, the director of Charbon dans les veines, tells us how the Portuguese youth, muzzled by power, managed to rid themselves of Salazar's dictatorship. It is the story of a democracy won by the unity of a people and conquered with flowers. On 25 April 1974, in Portugal, the carnations revolution toppled Europe’s longest dictatorship. Thousands of Portuguese people walk together toward their destiny to write The Flower with a Gun, a sublime story of unity, love and peace. These men and women manage to win…