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Dom Roberto (1962) Online

Dom Roberto (1962) Online
Original Title :
Dom Roberto
Genre :
Movie / Comedy / Drama
Year :
1962
Directror :
Ernesto de Sousa
Cast :
Raul Solnado,Glicínia Quartin,Luís Cerqueira
Writer :
Alexandre O'Neill,Leão Penedo
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 42min
Rating :
6.3/10
Dom Roberto (1962) Online

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 overview, first billed only:
Raul Solnado Raul Solnado - João Barbelas / Dom Roberto
Glicínia Quartin Glicínia Quartin - Maria
Luís Cerqueira Luís Cerqueira - Gabriel
Costa Ferreira Costa Ferreira - Amâncio
Rui Mendes Rui Mendes - Serafim
Fernanda Alves Fernanda Alves - Ivone
Olga da Fonseca Olga da Fonseca - Mariana
Esperança Monteiro Esperança Monteiro
Adelaide João Adelaide João
Nicolau Breyner Nicolau Breyner - Man in black
Telmo Rendeiro Telmo Rendeiro
César Augusto César Augusto
Clara Rocha Clara Rocha
Benjamim Falcão Benjamim Falcão
Julieta Cardoso Julieta Cardoso

Awards: Prix de la Jeune Critique et Prix de l'Association du Cinéma pour la Jeunesse au Festival de Cannes 1963.

The film is considered an innovative work, marking the beginning of the new-realism and the "Nouvelle Vague" in Portuguese Cinema, as the director had been exposed to it in Paris.

Only feature film of Ernesto de Sousa.