O Leão da Estrela (Portuguese language for "The Lion from Estrela") is a Portuguese

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of 1947, starring António Silva,

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, Maria Eugénia, Laura Alves,

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, Fernando Curado Ribeiro, Arthur Agostinho, Maria Olguim, Cremilda de Oliveira, Óscar Acúrcio, and Erico Braga, and directed by

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. It is a classic of the Portuguese cinema. In its remake of 2015, the main character is played by

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Anastácio's family, from

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, had met on vacation, the Barata family, from

Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...

, in

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, and lied to them about their wealth. A decisive

Sporting Club de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

's (the Lions or Leões in Portuguese because of the rampant lion in the sports club crest) away match with

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is about to take place in the city of Porto. When he fails to get a train ticket to travel to Porto in an attempt to watch in loco the football game of his favourite football team from the sidelines, Anastácio, a Sporting Club de Portugal fan employed in a Lisbon office, pretends to be a wealthy individual in order to be able to go to the city of Porto with his family, where they will be hosted by the Barata family for a stay in their house.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leao da Estrela, O 1940s Portuguese-language films Portuguese black-and-white films 1947 films Films directed by Arthur Duarte 1947 comedy films

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