Recollections of the Yellow House (1989)
Lisbon, 1989. A middle-aged poor man, tormented by an illness, lives in a cheap room in a family boarding house, in the old section of the city's waterfront.
Top billed cast
João César MonteiroJoão de Deus
Manuela de FreitasDona Violeta
Luis Miguel CintraLívio
Henrique VianaPolice Chief
António TerrinhaDoctor- Violeta SarzedasNeighbor in the living room
- Madalena LuaMaid
João Pedro BénardDairy clerk- Sabina SacchiMimi
Inês de MedeirosMimi's voice (voice)
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