Cast
Cláudia Teixeira 
João César Monteiro Manuela de Freitas Raquel Ascensão Gracinda Nave Patrícia Abreu
Credits
Written by: João César Monteiro
Plot
João de Deus, owner of an ice cream parlor in Lisbon, collects young women's hair and hides a disturbing fixation, in a long, outrageous and comic film.
Sinekatalog’s take
A long, outrageous and unique Portuguese comedy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (1,611 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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