Aldeia da Roupa Branca
1939 · 92 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 382 VOTES · DIR. Chianca de Garcia
Overview
Gracinda, a young laundry washer, lives with her godfather, "Uncle" Jacinto, and together they run a family business, doing the laundry for residents of Lisbon in their small village in the outskirts of that city (Canecas). Unfortunately, the business is not going very well, but that changes when Gracinda decides to go to the city to try to convince Chico, "Uncle" Jacinto's son, with whom she is in love, to return to the village and give new life to the business. The village is preparing for the annual festivities and a dispute erupts between "Uncle" Jacinto and his business rival , the widow Quiteria, when each of them invites different bands to play at the same time during the party and dances
Dialogue Timeline — 1,085 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:07 ESPECTÁCULOS DE ARTE, LDA PRESENTS
00:04:23 Three nightgowns from the trousseau, On the client's washing-list
00:07:20 Unbridle the beast, you beast!
00:09:55 Go get me a piece of paper, you drunkard.
00:12:31 - Goodbye, uncle Simão! - Goodbye!
00:14:52 to beg my son to come and help me!
00:18:01 Drink wine all the time
00:20:18 Your father is always shouting at the servants...
00:22:46 It's me, Chico.
00:25:40 Without a young rooster there are no baby chickens.
00:29:54 This will be a big surprise, because no one knows about it.
00:32:40 - It's too much! - You laugh but it's true.
00:35:45 They can ask for support from all the peasants
00:37:58 Don't you worry about that.
00:41:21 Not me, I'm going with Chico.
00:48:22 Hey, what a heck of a girl!
00:51:37 I don't know anything for sure, but you know what you should do?
00:58:03 The platform's full.
01:03:35 Locked inside her throat
01:06:28 If I wanted to, I could buy half a dozen of them.
01:09:37 We'd better laugh
01:14:05 But she wore her new outfit for the party.
01:16:43 You're a great woman.
01:18:53 Well, all right. Tomorrow we'll get our money