Aldeia da Roupa Branca

Aldeia da Roupa Branca

92 mins | Comedy, Family, Music | Jan. 2, 1939

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

Aldeia da Roupa Branca

92 mins | Comedy, Family, Music | Jan. 2, 1939

Aldeia da Roupa Branca
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
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Espectáculos de Arte
Original title Aldeia da Roupa Branca
Directors Chianca de Garcia
Writers José Gomes Ferreira, Ramada Curto, Chianca de Garcia

Cast

Beatriz Costa

as Gracinda

José Amaro

as Chico

Manuel Santos Carvalho

as Tio Jacinto

Óscar de Lemos

as Luís

Elvira Velez

as Viúva Quitéria

Armando Machado

as Zé da Iria

Jorge Gentil

as Chitas

Mário Santos

as Borges

Hermínia Silva

as Maria da Luz

Milú

as Gertrudes

Octávio de Matos

as Simão