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The Little Bird of Ribeira

1960 · 84 min

A gentle, old-fashioned slice of riverside working life, sentimental and sincere, with hardship softened by warmth and a tidy happy ending.

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The Little Bird of Ribeira
Overview
Popular in the riverside area of Porto, Micas raised her daughter, Madalena, at the cost of sacrifice, as her father emigrated to Brazil. With a happy voice, Madalena works on unloading the coal, seeing her loves thwarted by her humble condition. Barata, another typical figure who makes a living from expedients, helps Madalena's father - meanwhile returned, to "register" her - in a kidnapping plan capable of facilitating her reconciliation with Micas, who is reluctant... Things get complicated, but happiness ends up triumphing.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • family
  • love
  • parenthood
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, family, romance
Directed by
Augusto Fraga
Starring
Deolinda Rodrigues, António Silva, Leónia Mendes, Manuel Santos Carvalho, Paiva Raposo, Humberto Madeira
Cinematography
João Moreira
Runtime
84 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
Portuguese

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