
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...
Year 1962
Studio Cooperativa do Espectador
Director Ernesto de Sousa
Crew Pablo G. del Amo (Editor), Abel Escoto (Director of Photography), Leão Penedo (Screenplay), Alexandre O'Neill (Writer), Leão Penedo (Dialogue), Ernesto de Sousa (Director)
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Language Português