Dom Roberto (1962)

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...

Released

1962-05-30

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Runtime

102 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Ernesto de Sousa, Leão Penedo

TMDB rating

6.8/10 from 6 votes