Episodio que forma parte del largometraje Cinco vezes Favela. En vísperas del carnaval, unos muchachos roban gatos para vender a fabricantes de tambores. Ejercicio de realismo lírico, síntesis de ficción y documental, el filme narra el amor de un niño a su gato, y su dilema por tener que venderlo.
This episode is one of the stories of Five times slum. A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum. It is an exercise of lyric realism, synthesis of fiction and documentary. The film narrates a child´s love for his cat and his dilemma when he must sale the animal.