"Set four years after the Portuguese revolution and the simultaneous loss of the Portuguese empire in Africa, the story concerns a director who sells guns to finance his play."
Fernando Heitor
as Francisco Bernardes / Dom Bibas
Paula Guedes
as Rita Portugal
Luís Lucas
as João Manuel Antunes
Raul Solnado
as inspector Aranha
Jasmim de Matos
as António André
Carlos Farinha
as João (10 years old)
Margarida Vila-Nova
as Girl of Movie Crew
Rogério Samora
as Jorge
Isabel Ruth
as Ilda / Dona Teresa
Maria de Medeiros
as Dulce (voice)
Marcello Urgeghe
as Man at the Boat
Luís Miguel Cintra
as Count of Trava
Virgílio Castelo
as Soldier
António Variações
as Hairdresser
Rão Kyao
as Gonçalo Mendes da Maia 'Lidador'
Henrique Espírito Santo
as
Maria Paola Porru
as Voice
José Nascimento
Jorge Silva Melo
João Lagarto
António Escudeiro
as Weapon Buyer
José Eduardo
as Orlando
Vasco Pimentel
as Piano Player
Pedro Efe
as Kiosk owner
Joaquim Leitão
as Camilo
Adelaide João
as Woman in the Tavern
as Inspector Aranha
Luís Couto
as Martim Eicha
Mário de Carvalho
Director of Photography
José Álvaro Morais
Director
Alexandre Herculano
Novel
Screenplay
Pedro Melo
Sound Mixer
Rafael Godinho
António da Cunha Telles
Producer
Executive Producer
Editor
Alda Matos
Makeup Artist
Joaquim Pedro Jacobetty
Sound
Maria Amaral
Continuity
Production Manager
Cristina Correia Martins
Albertina Espírito Santo
Production Assistant
Ana Maria Casaca
Pedro Caldeira Cabral
Music
José Luís Barbosa
Wardrobe Designer
José Manuel de S. Lopes
Assistant Editor
Olívia Varela
Octávio Espírito Santo
Luís Sobral
Vítor Hugo
Hairstylist
Helena Baptista
Art Direction
Alexandre Delgado O'Neill
Second Assistant Director
Manuel João Águas
José Ribeiro da Fonte
Music Consultant
João Sodré
Eduardo Anahory
Carlos de Azevedo
Maria Gonzaga
José Carlos Pratas
Carpenter
Pedro Lopes
Sound Assistant
Annette Boer
Carlos Zíngaro
Paula Raimundo
Pedro Correia Martins
Assistant Director
João Luís
Property Master
Emília Rosa
Production Secretary