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In a suburb of an African city, 12-year-old Paito sells fritters outside his house to help support his family. One day, a band of young robbers takes his money. He decides he’s not going to go home until he recovers what he lost. With this aim in mind, he heads out for the big city on the same train as the thieves. Looking for work, he begins to live in a major market square that at night becomes a dormitory for homeless vendors. There he meets Xano, a boy his age, whose insolent behavior and fearlessness attracts him. Unlike Paito, Xano despises work and he steals so as not to have to live with family. Despite this, they become friends. In the days to come, using great creativity and displaying a natural head for business, Paito starts to make his money back. But those who robbed him are also in the market and extort money from the other children working there to whom they are a constant threat.

Mozambique - 2005 - 56 mn - DV Cam - Colour

Director Licínio Azevedo Script Licínio Azevedo Camera Karl de Sousa Sound Gabriel Mondlane Sets Sidónio Givandás Editing Orlando Mesquita Music Chico António

Production Ebano Multimedia, Rua Doutor Almeida Ribeiro 58, Maputo, Mozambique Tél : +258 2132 7848 Fax : +258 2132 7847 E-mail : ebano@tropical.co.mz Co-Production Produtores Associados

Sales Marfilmes, Av. Duque de Lulé 79 r/c dto. A, 1050-088 Lisbonne, Portugal Tél : +351 2 1314 0339 Fax : +351 2 1353 3075 E-mail : marfilmes@netcabo.pt