Synopsis

The great fadista, Amelia Rodrigues, made her screen debut in Capas Negras, which took its name from the black capes worn by the students in the university city of Coimbra, where the film is set. The action begins in a tavern where a group of former students are reminiscing about their time at the university. One of the students, Jose Duarte then breaks into song, performing an impromptu fado in the local Coimbra style. The tavern owner's niece, the aptly named Maria Lisboa promptly retaliates with a fado of the Lisbon variety. The melodramatic plot then centers on the frustrated romance between these two characters, and the soundtrack is essentially a musical duel between these two different styles of Portugal's national song.

Main Cast

Amália Rodrigues

Maria de Lisboa

Age : 79 | Popularity : 7%

Alberto Ribeiro

José Duarte

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Artur Agostinho

Manecas

Age : 90 | Popularity : 8%

Vasco Morgado

Jorge

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Barroso Lopes

Coca-Bichinhos

Age : 82 | Popularity : 8%

Humberto Madeira

Já-Cá-Canta

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António Sacramento

Magistrate

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Graziela Mendes

Rosa Tricana

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	José Galhardo Alberto Barbosa Luís Galhardo
Directing	Director	Armando de Miranda
Production	Production Manager	Edmundo Ferreira de Almeida
	Production Office Coordinator	Fernando Maynard
	Producer	Edmundo Ferreira de Almeida Armando de Miranda
Crew	Production Office Assistant	Vítor Raposo Firmino Miranda Patrício Álvares Fernando Silva Fernando Gomes
	Cinematography	Octávio Bobone
Sound	Songs	Santos Moreira Raúl Ferrão Frederico Valério Alberto Ribeiro
	Sound Director	Heliodoro Pires
	Music Director	Jaime Mendes
Art	Set Decoration	Armando Bruno
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Augusto Madureira
Editing	Editor	Armando de Miranda
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