A Velha a Fiar (1964)
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...
Director: Humberto Mauro
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Mateus Colaço as Old lady |
| Directing | Humberto Mauro | Director |
| Editing | José A. Mauro | Editor |
| Sound | Aldo Taranto | Music |
| Sound | Joãozinho | Songs |
| Sound | Gil | Songs |
| Sound | Edinho | Songs |
| Camera | José A. Mauro | Director of Photography |