Creeks

Story

Synopsis

In the mid-1940s, in a Portugal mired in poverty and illiteracy, a group of boys work in the potteries of Alhandra, on the coast, collecting clay to make tiles and bricks. Gineto, Sagui, Malesso, Guedelhas and Gaitinhas form strong friendships and bonds of camaraderie, while dreaming of other places and embarking on liberating adventures, facing the harshness of work, the daily dramas of family life, hunger, abuse and injustice with courage, rebellion and determination. In the end, their unity always prevails in a world of adults who do not understand them.

Director

João Maia

Writers

Soeiro Pereira Gomes, Mário Cunha

Language

Portuguese

Country

Portugal

Release date

22 September 2026

Ensemble

Cast

• Frederico Pinto

  Gaitinhas

• Dinis Vila-Nova

  Sagui

• Álvaro Silva

  Maquineta

• Salvador Rio

  Guedelhas

• Lourenço Rodrigues

  Malesso

• 

  Santiago André

  Gineto

• 

  Gonçalo Waddington

  Manuel do Bote

• 

  Maria João Pinho

  Maria do Bote

• 

  Miguel Borges

  Zé Vicente

• 

  Isabel Abreu

  Irene

• 

  Margarida Vila-Nova

  Madalena

• 

  Augusto Madeira

  Sr. Castro