1962
6.2 (5 votes)
1h 42m
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Production Companies
Cooperativa do Espectador
Dom Roberto
Overview
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...
Key Crew
Director of Photography: Abel Escoto
Screenplay: Leão Penedo
Director: Ernesto de Sousa
Writer: Alexandre O'Neill
