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João Barbela is poor man who lives out of charity - what coins the people of Lisbon's popular districts give him as 'pay' for his puppeteering work. For the kids, he is like a king, Dom Roberto = puppet). When he meets Maria, an equally poor girl, he fancies to change her life, and get her a house, maybe marrying, and being happy together.Life does not exactly have a happy ending, like he managed with his puppets 5-minute plays...Read moreLess
João Barbela is poor man who lives out of charity - what coins the people of Lisbon's popular districts give him as 'pay' for his puppeteering work. For the kids, he is like a king, Dom Roberto = puppet). When he meets Maria, an equally poor girl, he fancies to change her life, and get her a house, maybe marrying, and being happy together.Life does not exactly have a happy ending, like he managed with his puppets 5-minute plays...
The story
João Barbela is poor man who lives out of charity - what coins the people of Lisbon's popular districts give him as 'pay' for his puppeteering work. For the kids, he is like a king, Dom Roberto = puppet). When he meets Maria, an equally poor girl, he fancies to change her life, and get her a house, maybe marrying, and being happy together.Life does not exactly have a happy ending, like he managed with his puppets 5-minute plays...
Cast & crew
Raul SolnadoJoão Barbelas / Dom Roberto
Glicínia QuartinMaria
Luís CerqueiraGabriel
Costa FerreiraAmâncio
Rui MendesSerafim
Fernanda AlvesIvone
Nicolau BreynerMan in black
Benjamim FalcãoCast
Luís AlbertoCastExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Abel Escoto
- Editor
- Pablo G. del Amo
- Director
- Ernesto de Sousa
- Writer
- Alexandre O'Neill
- Screenplay
- Leão Penedo