A Velha a Fiar

Name: A Velha a Fiar
Director: Humberto Mauro
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1964-12-03
Duration: 6 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Mateus Colaço

Directed by Humberto Mauro

Comedy Music

19640h 6m6.9

Overview

A Velha a Fiar illustrates a Brazilian folk song in which a being or entity is always predating another being, but is in its turn predated by some other animal, until the circle closes. It begins like this: an old woman is quietly weaving and a fly disturbs her; a spider eats the fly; a mouse eats the spider; a cat chases the mouse and so on...