Aniki-Bóbó (1942)

Directed by

Manoel de Oliveira

Genre

drama film

Country

Portugal

Runtime

1h 11m

Rated

10

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of children in Porto play, go to school, and navigate small conflicts and friendships. The story focuses on a boy's crush on a girl and the tensions it creates with his friend.

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What happens

Aniki-Bóbó is a 1942 Portuguese film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It is his first feature-length film. The actors are mostly children from Oliveira's hometown, Porto. The script was adapted by Manoel de Oliveira from a short story by José Rodrigues de Freitas, Meninos Milionários (lit. Millionaire Children). 'Aniki-Bóbó' is a rhyme from a children's game, akin to Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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