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Madragoa

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Original title

Madragoa

Year

1952

Running time

110 min.

Country

Portugal

Director

Perdigão Queiroga

Screenwriter

Gualdim Pais, João Bastos, João Bastos, Frederico Valério

Cast

Music

Fernando de Carvalho

Cinematography

Mário Moreira (B&W)

Producer

Lisboa Filme. Distributor: Internacional Filmes

Genre

Drama. Musical. Romance

Synopsis

Zé Luís, a hard-working man of Madragoa (popular district of Lisbon), loves Clara, the daughter of his godfather, the rich merchant Santana. Santana is rich enough to impose Zé Luís to marry a girl of his low social condition, Margarida, and to terminate Luís' employment at his shop, forcing him to work even harder at the docks. Santana goes bankrupt, Margarida dies of a disease, the parents of Zé Luís return very rich from Africa, and Zé Luís can marry lovely Clara, and help his godfather out of debt.

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Madragoa

1952

Perdigão Queiroga