Dom Roberto

Running 1h 42m and made in Portugal, Dom Roberto (1962) is a Comedy and Drama film in the 123movies catalog. The cast includes Raul Solnado and Glicínia Quartin; Ernesto de Sousa directs. 6 votes put it at 6.8/10. João Barbela is poor man who lives out of charity - what coins the people of Lisbon's popular districts give him as 'pay' for his puppeteering work. For the kids, he is like a king, Dom Roberto = puppet). When he meets Maria, an equally poor girl, he fancies to change her life, and get her a house, maybe marrying, and being happy together.Life does not exactly have a happy ending, like he managed with his puppets 5-minute plays...