Facas e Anjos

Mar 14, 2000

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

In 1983, little João Amaral Severo asks his father to go to the circus. His father, and army captain who had been recently widowed, refuses to take him under the pretext that the circus would draw his attention away from his studies. Ten years later João is a student in the Military College, and is tired of the harsh discipline imposed by his father and decides to join a travelling circus that stops in his hometown, Alcochete. From then on João, alone and free to live his life the way he wants, finds a world of magic, the love of Dolores (a young trapeze artist) and the family he never really had. Until a twist of fate turns João into a father...

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Animatógrafo II

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Cast

João

Miguel Moreira

Dolores

Carla Bolito

Catita

Raul Solnado

Matilde

Ana Bustorff

Contreiras

José Raposo

Anão 1

David Almeida

Ilusionista

Manuel João Vieira

João Severo

José Mora Ramos

Emília

Teresa Roby

Leonor

Sofia Leite

Polícia

Raul Atalaia

Médico

Augusto Portela

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