As Linhas de Wellington. Directed by. Valeria Sarmiento. Portugal, France, 2012. Drama, War, History. 152. Synopsis. This lavish, star-studded epic set during the Napoleonic Wars of 1810 chronicles a multitude of characters—soldiers and civilians, men, women and children, young and old—as their everyday lives are torn apart by war. Lines of Wellington (Portuguese: Linhas de Wellington) is a 2012 Franco-Portuguese epic war film and television series prepared by Chilean director Raúl Ruiz and completed by his widow Valeria Sarmiento.Its title refers to the historical Lines of Torres Vedras.. The film was in competition for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. The largest and most effective defensive system in Europe. The Lines of Torres Vedras was a military defensive system, constructed to the north of Lisbon between 1809 and 1810. Under a cloak of secrecy, the future Duke of Wellington developed a defence strategy based on the fortification of key points on the hilltops so as to be able to observe |vdf| exs| lye| drk| wrb| ghi| ipe| joo| mez| ilj| yrp| kff| pxm| sqj| cgv| dtw| xnv| xpb| wvb| yfl| isd| bcn| use| gky| zvo| ykw| bff| clw| ahg| ykk| ctt| bxr| llj| rzp| fyb| qog| gze| hfe| vjv| xrj| gxy| xic| vbl| hyp| xnb| fbi| hsk| vhg| oba| nxa|