Malteses, burgueses e às vezes... (1974)

Director:

Artur Semedo

Writers:

Bobela Mota (collaborating writer)
Artur Semedo (screenplay)

Release Date:

11 April 1974 (Portugal)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Desert | Diamond Smuggler | Emigration | Folk Dance | Nightclub

Cast

Artur Semedo	...	Gabriel da Mota / 'Trafaria' / 'Trotil'
Pedro Pinheiro	...	Emanuel Paes dos Santos
Jerónimo Ramos	...	Onofre da Purificação Celeste
Yola Santos	...	Boanova (as Yola)
Alda Rodrigues	...	D. Maria Madalena / Nucha
Henrique Viana	...	Dr. Silva Filho
Luís Pinhão	...	Relvas Baeta
Carlos Gonçalves
Carlos Costa
Vítor Mendes	...	Presidente of the Garbage Congress
Américo Patela
Tony
António Semedo
Nicolau Breyner	...	Salferlide / Casanova do Vale
Mário Araújo Cabral

Runtime:

95 min | 102 min (video) | 95 min (censored version)

Country:

Angola

Language:

Portuguese | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Portugal:M/18 | Portugal:M/12 (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Dondo, Angola

Company:

Sociedade Ultramarina de Cinema (Sulcine) Lda.

Trivia:

Isadora Duncan is cited for comic relief, when an Arab person leaves his long white scarf around the neck, and flying out of a moving car, and someone cautions, him, "Be careful, Isadora Duncan died like that."

Risqué social, religious, and political comedy -

on the Portuguese bourgeoisie of 1974, too tame for current standards. It received exhibition aproval by the Portuguese Board of Film Censorship, and had its premiere at Avis cinema, April 11, 1974, banned for persons under 18 year-old. April 25, there was a military coup and the PBFC was disrupted. The film was quickly reclassified, and being shown to 13 year-olders...