Duration: 71min

Capacity: 59

M/6

Apart from being Manoel de Oliveira’s first fiction feature film, Aniki Bobó has become the director’s most loved and popular film, especially due to the coming-of-age story adapted from João Rodrigues de Freitas’ “Os Meninos Milionários” and the child actors chosen to star in it. Eduardinho is the fearless leader to the group of kids that spend their day-to-day between school and the streets near Ribeira, Carlinhos is blond and sensitive; both vie for Teresinha’s attention, the only girl among the kids.

Directing and Script: Manoel de Oliveira, baseado no conto Meninos Milionários, de Rodrigues de

Freitas

Production: António Lopes Ribeiro

Cinematography: António Mendes

Editing: Vieira de Sousa

Art Direction: José Porto

Characterization: António Vilar

Sound Directing: Luís Sousa Santos

Music: Jaime Silva Filho

Cast: Nascimento Fernandes (lojista), Fernanda Matos (Teresinha), Horácio Silva (Carlitos), António

Santos (Eduardinho), António Morais Soares (Pistarim), Feliciano David (Pompa), Manuel Sousa (o

“Filósofo”), António Pereira (o “Batatinhas”), Américo Botelho (o “Estrelas”), Rafael Mota (Rafael), Vital

dos Santos (professor), Manuel de Azevedo (cantor de rua)

Production: Tóbis Portuguesa

Film Copy: 35mm, preto e branco, a exibir em formato DCP

Length: 70 minutos

Premiere: Cinema Éden, Lisboa, 18 de dezembro de 1942