Overview
In the mid-1940s, in a Portugal mired in poverty and illiteracy, a group of boys work in the potteries of Alhandra, on the coast, collecting clay to make tiles and bricks. Gineto, Sagui, Malesso, Guedelhas and Gaitinhas form strong friendships and bonds of camaraderie, while dreaming of other places and embarking on liberating adventures, facing the harshness of work, the daily dramas of family life, hunger, abuse and injustice with courage, rebellion and determination. In the end, their unity always prevails in a world of adults who do not understand them.
Cast
- Santiago André as Gineto
- Frederico Pinto as Gaitinhas
- Dinis Vila-Nova as Sagui
- Álvaro Silva as Maquineta
- Salvador Rio as Guedelhas
- Lourenço Rodrigues as Malesso
- Gonçalo Waddington as Manuel do Bote
- Maria João Pinho as Maria do Bote
- Miguel Borges as Zé Vicente
- Isabel Abreu as Irene