Vasco is a medical student in Lisbon, supported by his rich aunts, whom he had falsely told he had already graduated. In fact, he devotes himself to a bohemian life, preferring the popular fairs and pretty women, especially Alice, a seamstress from the Castelinhos quarter, which rather upsets her ambitious father, tailor Caetano, who is familiar with Vasco's debts. After failing yet another final exam, he is surprised by his aunts' announcement that they will visit him in Lisbon to see his practice.
Vasco Santana
Vasco Leitão
Beatriz Costa
Alice
António Silva
Caetano
Teresa Gomes
Eugénia
Sofia Santos
Maria Perpétua
Alfredo Silva
Sapateiro
Ana María
Maria da Graça
Manoel de Oliveira
Carlos
Eduardo Fernandes
Quincas
Manuel Santos Carvalho
dono do retiro de fados
Silvestre Alegrim
empregado do retiro
Maria Albertina
fadista
Henrique Alves
Artur Rodrigues
Júlia da Assunção
