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 Solnado
- Glicínia Quartin
- Luís Cerqueira
- Costa Ferreira
- Rui Mendes
Cast
- Ernesto de Sousa
Director
INFORMATION
- Cooperativa do Espectador
Production Companies
- Portugal
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- Portuguese
