92 minutes
1/2/1939
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
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
Salomé Guerreiro
Aida Ultz
Aurora Celeste
Sofia Santos
João Silva
Joaquim Manique
Hermínia Silva
as Maria da Luz
Eduardo Colombo
Carlos Alves
Armando Chagas
Baltazar de Azevedo
Milú
as Gertrudes
Octávio de Matos
as Simão