As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor is a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 romance novel

Romance novel

The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...

 by Júlio Dinis

Júlio Dinis

Júlio Dinis, pseudonym of Joaquim Guilherme Gomes Coelho was a Portuguese doctor and writer.Júlio Dinis died at the young age of 31 of tuberculosis, and some of its works were published posthumously...

, written in 1863 and published in 1867. It was a success, and followed with a number of similar themed novels such as A Morgadinha dos Canaviais

A Morgadinha dos Canaviais

A Morgadinha dos Canaviais is a Portuguese romance novel by Júlio Dinis, published in 1868. Set in the nineteenth century, the story revolves around Madalena Constança , a girl of great beauty and generosity.-1949 film:...

(1868). The novel is set in the second half of the nineteenth century in a Portuguese village, and related the story of Margaret and Clara and her romances with the sons of the farmer, José das Dornas, Daniel and Pedro.

Cast

• Joaquim Almada as Reitor
• Maria Matos
  Maria Matos
  Maria de Conceição de Matos Ferreira da Silva was a Portuguese actress and theatre personality.-Career:...
  
   as Joana
• António Silva
  António Silva
  António Maria da Silva was a Portuguese actor. He accumulated over 40 credits over his more than 50 years in acting.-Early life:...
  
   as João da Esquina
• Leonor d'Eça as Pupil
• Maria Paula as Pupil
• Oliveira Martins as Pedro
• Paiva Raposo as Daniel
• Lino Ferreira as João Semana
• Carlos D'Oliveira as José das Dornas
• Emilia D'Oliveira as Senhora Teresa
• Costinha
  Costinha
  Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa, OIH , aka Costinha , is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a defensive midfielder....
  
   as Barbeiro
• María Castelar as Francisquinha
• Perpetua as Ti' Zefa
• Regina Montenegro
• Tereza Taveira