The Courtyard of the Ballads (1942)
January 23, 1942Release Date
The Courtyard of the Ballads (1942)
January 23, 1942Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
António Silva
Evaristo
Vasco Santana
Narciso / Screenplay / Dialogue
Maria das Neves
Ms. Rosa
Maria Paula
Amália
António Vilar
Carlos Bonito / Lyricist / Makeup Department Head
Graça Maria
Suzana
Laura Alves
Laurinha
Antonio Vilar
Carlos Bonito
Carlos Otero
Alfredo
Barroso Lopes
João Magrinho
Francisco Ribeiro
Rufino / Director / Dialogue / Screenplay / Lyricist
Maria da Graça
Maria da Graça / Lyricist
Carlos Alves
Engenhocas
João Silva
Heitor
Eliezer Kamenesky
Bóris Gunov / Songs
Regina Montenegro
Sra. Margarida
Armando Machado
Ernesto Marcos
Reginaldo Duarte
Vicente Marcos
Pereira Saraiva
Sebastião Marcos
António Lopes Ribeiro
Writer / Dialogue / Producer
João Martins
Still Photographer
Celestino Soares
Production Office Assistant
Carlos Flores
Songs
Jaime Silva Filho
Music Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 23, 1942
Original NameO Pátio das Cantigas
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Genres
Wiki.
O Pátio das Cantigas (in English, The Courtyard of Songs) is a Portuguese film from 1942, directed by Francisco Ribeiro, "Ribeirinho", that takes place in a typical Lisbon neighbourhood during the Popular Saints festivals, through a maze of misunderstandings and innuendos, with Vasco Santana, António Silva, Laura Alves and Ribeirinho.
The film also stars António Silva, António Vilar, Armando Chagas, Barroso Lopes, Carlos Alves, Carlos Otero, Eliezer Kamenesky, Francisco de Castro, Graça Maria, Maria da Graça and Maria das Neves.
One of the most beloved comedies of the comédia à portuguesa, O Pátio das Cantigas represents the convergence of top talent of the time, most notably Ribeirinho who directed, his brother, António Lopes Ribeiro who produced and, joining both brothers on the writing credits, Vasco Santana. It was the first these three stars worked together and also the only film directed by Ribeirinho.
The script is based upon a set game of witty dialogues rife with innuendo and "double entendres", that admirably captured the atmosphere of a Lisbon neighbourhood and popular through the Saints celebrations, from a set of archetypical characters, meddling in their quarrels, confrontations and ambitions.