Released
A Velha a Fiar
December 3 1964 (almost 60 years ago)Rating
66
Based on
12 reviews
- Director: Humberto Mauro
- Genres: Comedy, Music
- Runtime: 6 m
- Country: Brazil
- Company: INCE - Instituto Nacional de Cinema Educativo
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...
