Movielogr

movie poster

View on: IMDb | TMDb

Aldeia da Roupa Branca (1939)

Directed by Chianca de Garcia

Overview

Gracinda, a young laundry washer, lives with her godfather, “Uncle” Jacinto, and together they run a family business, doing the laundry for residents of Lisbon in their small village in the outskirts of that city (Canecas). Unfortunately, the business is not going very well, but that changes when Gracinda decides to go to the city to try to convince Chico, “Uncle” Jacinto’s son, with whom she is in love, to return to the village and give new life to the business. The village is preparing for the annual festivities and a dispute erupts between “Uncle” Jacinto and his business rival , the widow Quiteria, when each of them invites different bands to play at the same time during the party and dances

Length 92 minutes

Actors

Beatriz Costa | Manuel Santos Carvalho | Sofía Santos | Milú | José Amaro | Óscar de Lemos | Elvira Velez | Carlos Alves | Hermínia Silva | Baltasar de Azevedo | Armando Machado | Armando Chagas | Jorge Gentil | Mário Santos | Salomé Guerreiro | Aida Ultz | Aurora Celeste | João Silva | Joaquim Manique | Eduardo Colombo | Octávio de Matos