Casts & Crew
Ana Moura
António Zambujo
Carlos do Carmo
Carminho
José Carlos Malato
Diamantina Rodrigues
Mariza
Ângelo Freire
Custódio Castelo
Carlos Garcia
Diogo Clemente
Marino de Freitas
Joel Pina
Carlos Menezes
Also Directed by Fernando Ávila
Neves and his wife Celia are the owners and managers of the 'Little Star Pension', a familiar hotel that caters to bourgeois family and would-be actors, instead of the ill-reputed 'Good-Night Pension' (just across the narrow street), where gigolos, whores, and criminals of all sorts may go for a quick encounter. However, not all is well among the ten residents of 'Little Star Pension': each dialogue line from every hotel guest is evidence that he, or her, has a reason (actually, more than one) to hate Neves - to the point of wishing him dead. Carelessness (or devious intention) by one party will provide the means; another, will create the propitious moment; yet another, and then the rest of them will create the festive New Year's Eve occasion - to do with Neves forever! Obviously, only the famous world private-eye Hércules Pirôt can solve the crime... for which he is called by phone, even before the deed is done.
New years special aired on RTP on 1991