Aniki-Bóbó

Aniki-Bóbó
Directed byManoel de Oliveira
Produced byAntónio Lopes Ribeiro
Release date
  • 18 December 1942 (1942-12-18)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryPortugal
LanguagePortuguese

Aniki-Bóbó is a 1942 Portuguese film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It is his first feature-length film. The actors are mostly children from Oliveira's hometown, Porto. The script was adapted by Manoel de Oliveira from a short story by José Rodrigues de Freitas, Meninos Milionários (lit. Millionaire Children). 'Aniki-Bóbó' is a rhyme from a children's game, akin to Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.