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
Cast
Beatriz Costa
Gracinda
José Amaro
Chico
Manuel Santos Carvalho
Tio Jacinto
Óscar de Lemos
Luís
Elvira Velez
Viúva Quitéria
Armando Machado
Zé da Iria
Jorge Gentil
Chitas
Mário Santos
Borges
Salomé Guerreiro
Unknown
Aida Ultz
Unknown
Aurora Celeste
Unknown
Sofia Santos
Unknown
João Silva
Unknown
Joaquim Manique
Unknown
Hermínia Silva
Maria da Luz
Eduardo Colombo
Unknown
Carlos Alves
Unknown
Armando Chagas
Unknown
Baltazar de Azevedo
Unknown
Milú
Gertrudes
Octávio de Matos
Simão
Crew
Chianca de Garcia
Director, Writer
Ramada Curto
Writer
José Gomes Ferreira
Writer
Vieira de Sousa
Editor
Aquilino Mendes
Cinematography
Regina Frois
Editorial Production Assistant
Octávio Bobone
Camera Operator
Jaime Silva Filho
Music Director
Raúl Portela
Music
Raúl Ferrão
Music
José Malveira
Set Decoration
Fernando V. de Barros
Consulting Producer
Antero de Tovar Faro
Consulting Producer
Arcindo Madeira
Technical Supervisor
José Queiroga
Technical Supervisor
Manuel Soeiro
Technical Supervisor
