El cura de Villablanca se ha empeñado en construir unas viviendas para los pobres. Sin embargo, no cuenta con el dinero suficiente y tendrá que ganárselo cantando en numerosos festivales. Todos son obstáculos para conseguir lo deseado, pero su fe le hace ver los problemas como algo fácil de superar.
Gabriel
João Barbela is poor man who lives out of charity - what coins the people of Lisbon's popular districts give him as 'pay' for his puppeteering work. For the kids, he is like a king, Dom Roberto = puppet). When he meets Maria, an equally poor girl, he fancies to change her life, and get her a house, maybe marrying, and being happy together.Life does not exactly have a happy ending, like he managed with his puppets 5-minute plays...