In 1983, little João Amaral Severo asks his father to go to the circus. His father, and army captain who had been recently widowed, refuses to take him under the pretext that the circus would draw his attention away from his studies. Ten years later João is a student in the Military College, and is tired of the harsh discipline imposed by his father and decides to join a travelling circus that stops in his hometown, Alcochete. From then on João, alone and free to live his life the way he wants, finds a world of magic, the love of Dolores (a young trapeze artist) and the family he never really had. Until a twist of fate turns João into a father...
Eduardo Guedes
Director
Vicente Alves do Ó
Screenplay
João Alfacinha
Screenplay
Manuel S. Fonseca
Producer
José António Loureiro
Director of Photography
Miguel Moreira
João
Carla Bolito
Dolores
Raul Solnado
Catita
Ana Bustorff
Matilde
José Raposo
Contreiras
David Almeida
Anão 1
Manuel João Vieira
Ilusionista
José Mora Ramos
João Severo
Teresa Roby
Emília
Sofia Leite
Leonor
Raul Atalaia
Polícia
Augusto Portela
Médico
