Dom Roberto

The 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

R Raul SolnadoJoão Barbelas / Dom Roberto G Glicínia QuartinMaria L Luís CerqueiraGabriel C Costa FerreiraAmâncio R Rui MendesSerafim F Fernanda AlvesIvone O Olga da FonsecaMariana C Carlos FernandoCarlitos N Nicolau BreynerMan in black A Adelaide JoãoVizinha B Benjamim Falcão L Luís Alberto