The General (Season 1)

The General (A Generala, 2020) is a Portuguese historical drama series you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Sérgio Graciano and based on a true story.

María Luísa grew up in a country where the military was formally closed to women — so she built a different identity. A man's name, a man's papers, a man's rank. For nearly two decades she rose through the Portuguese armed forces, reaching the level of general, while no one uncovered the truth. Soraia Chaves plays her across two registers at once: the officer who never lets the mask slip in public, and the person underneath who never stops calculating what exposure would cost.

The story became a national sensation not because of the disguise itself but because of what the disguise revealed — an institution so locked into its assumptions it couldn't see what was standing right in front of it. Stream The General online on iFILM.