Inês Rosado

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.

Threatened by a fascist plot, the Portuguese government recruits several "special people" to stop the coup.

The story about the romance of Snu Abecassis and the former Portuguese prime minister Sá Carneiro.

Five characters intersect at a sidewalk beginning a journey through their lives.