The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist Ziraldo, and tells the tale of a happy-go-lucky 10-year-old child growing up in a city in the 60s.

The Nutty Boy

After spending ten years in jail, a dangerous bandit from the Cangaço movement returns to the small village where he was humiliated and arrested in order to get revenge to all of its people. The population is terrified but some folks are willing to fight him again. But will the story repeat itself?