Bingo: The King of the Mornings

Bingo: The King of the Mornings

Clowning around can cost your soul

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Release Date

8/24/2017

Runtime

113 mins

Overview

1980s. Brazilian television exploding in color and auditorium programs not so politically correct. In the middle of this fervor, Augusto Mendes, a young rising actor, seeks his place in the sun. From porn studios to soap operas, he finally finds success and fame when he becomes "Bingo", a TV host clown from one of the audience leader TV shows for children. It turns out that behind the rice powder and red nose, nobody knows who he is.

Status

Released

Original Language

Portuguese

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A portrait of a man who achieves the stardom he craves only to discover it has consumed the person underneath, a darkly funny meditation on performance, success, and the cost of reinvention set against 1980s Brazilian television's fever dream.

Mood

WistfulBittersweetMelancholicAbsurd

Themes

IdentityComing apartArt and creation

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Addiction

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