Films Explore Salazar's Final Days, Internet Horror, and Hitler's Tasters

The film 'Pai Nosso - The Last Days of Salazar' delves into the final two years of the Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar's life, from 1968 to 1970.

Following a stroke that incapacitated him, Salazar was moved to the Palacete de São Bento. While he was unable to govern, the regime, led by Marcelo Caetano, orchestrated a charade to convince Salazar he was still in power. With the complicity of his housekeeper, Maria de Jesus, ministers and staff maintained the illusion, turning the palace into a tense 'chamber theater'.

This historical drama examines the Estado Novo regime's obsession with preserving an image of authority, even as its power waned. The film, directed by José Filipe Costa, also features actors Jorge Mota as Salazar and Catarina Avelar as Maria de Jesus, among others.

The article also briefly mentions two other film releases: 'Backrooms,' a horror film inspired by internet creepypastas and urban legends about a parallel dimension, and 'As Provadoras de Hitler' (Hitler's Tasters), a historical drama based on the novel by Rosella Postorino, about a young German woman tasked with tasting Hitler's food to prevent poisoning.