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...
Alexandre O'Neill
Writer
Ernesto de Sousa
Director
Raul Solnado
João Barbelas / Dom Roberto
Glicínia Quartin
Maria
Luís Cerqueira
Gabriel
Costa Ferreira
Amâncio
Rui Mendes
Serafim
Fernanda Alves
Ivone
Olga da Fonseca
Mariana
Carlos Fernando
Carlitos
Nicolau Breyner
Man in black
Family Weekend63%
SubUrbia61%
Landline61%
CQ59%
Somewhere in Queens63%
A Dog Year61%
My Own Love Song62%
The House of Tomorrow67%
Caramelo77%
Meus 15 Anos: O Filme67%
The Beanie Bubble64%
Memórias Póstumas62%
Small Apartments58%
Confissões de uma Garota Excluída66%
Class Act61%
Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play75%
It Runs in the Family60%
The Happiest Millionaire69%
Lady Windermere's Fan68%
Hooking Up63%
