
The Courtyard of the Ballads(1942)
A portrait of the relations between neighbours in a Lisbon courtyard. A story made of small episodes of humour, friendship, rivalry, love.


Vasco is a medical student in Lisbon, supported by his rich aunts, whom he had falsely told he had already graduated. In fact, he devotes himself to a bohemian life, preferring the popular fairs and pretty women, especially Alice, a seamstress from the Castelinhos quarter, which rather upsets her ambitious father, tailor Caetano, who is familiar with Vasco's debts. After failing yet another final exam, he is surprised by his aunts' announcement that they will visit him in Lisbon to see his practice.

Vasco Santana
Vasco Leitão

Beatriz Costa
Alice

António Silva
Caetano

Teresa Gomes
Eugénia

Sofia Santos
Maria Perpétua
Alfredo Silva
Sapateiro
Ana María
Maria da Graça

Manoel de Oliveira
Carlos
Eduardo Fernandes
Quincas

Manuel Santos Carvalho
dono do retiro de fados
A Song of Lisbon is a music, comedy film released in 1933 exploring themes of tradition, portugal, money, black and white, deceit. Directed by José Cottinelli Telmo, it stars Vasco Santana, Beatriz Costa, António Silva. Vasco is a medical student in Lisbon, supported by his rich aunts, whom he had falsely told he had already graduated. In fact, he devotes himself to a bohemian life, preferring the popular fairs and pretty women, especially Alice, a seamstress from the Castelinhos quarter, which rather upsets her ambitious father, tailor Caetano, who is familiar with Vasco's debts. After failing yet another final exam, he is surprised by his aunts' announcement that they will visit him in Lisbon to see his practice.
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