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
Gineto
Frederico Pinto
Gaitinhas
Dinis Vila-Nova
Sagui
Álvaro Silva
Maquineta
Salvador Rio
Guedelhas
Lourenço Rodrigues
Malesso
Gonçalo Waddington
Manuel do Bote
Maria João Pinho
Maria do Bote
Miguel Borges
Zé Vicente
Isabel Abreu
Irene
Margarida Vila-Nova
Madalena
Augusto Madeira
Sr. Castro
Albano Jerónimo
Soeiro
Eduardo Frazão
Unknown
Tomás Alves
Joaquim
Ana Bustorff
Ti Rosa
Martim Balsa
Canina
Gabriel Kapinha
Carraça
Gonçalo Soares
Unknown
Pedro Almendra
António
Romeu Bairos
Chico Lindinho
Luís Barros
Unknown
Joana Bernardo
Rosete
Sofia Espírito Santo
Ti Maria
Valdemar Santos
Ti Bento
Miguel Frazão
Vidigal
Pedro Diogo
Má Cara
Gonçalo Portela
Pedro
Inês Rosado
Aurora
Sérgio Silva
Médico
Dulce Domingos
Cecília
Alec Catarino
Mateus
Crew
João Maia
Director
Soeiro Pereira Gomes
Writer
Mário Cunha
Screenplay
Pedro Ribeiro
Editor
Valentín Álvarez
Director of Photography
Pandora da Cunha Telles
Producer
Pablo Iraola
Producer
Maria Ionescu
Co-Producer
Sara Silveira
Co-Producer
Ivone Gradim
Production Assistant
Violeta Varenne
Production Assistant
Joana Cardoso
Costume Designer
Carla Venâncio
Hair Department Head
Sandra Pinto
Makeup Department Head
Pedro Melo
Sound Director
Cypress Cook
Set Designer
Rita Cachão
Props
Bruno Duarte
Art Direction
