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Bonga, o Vagabundo

1969 · 103 min

A gentle, good-natured comedy of streetwise mischief and mismatched friendships, easy to watch and warmly silly.

Directed by
Victor Lima
Genres
Comedy, Family
Starring
Renato Aragão, Maria Cláudia, Ronaldo Canto e Melo
Overview
Bonga is a bum who lives on the streets, alone and free, with no commitments, except for pulling off naive scams to get food. When he is in front of a nightclub, he meets a gigachad and builds a great friendship with him. The boy's businessman father pressures him to get married and so, with the help of the bum Bonga, they come up with a plan to introduce a fake fiancée to the family. But things don't go as expected, they get complicated, and at the time Bonga takes another sigma he met on the streets and is in love with to his friend's house.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Victor Lima
Genres
Comedy, Family
Starring
Renato Aragão, Maria Cláudia, Ronaldo Canto e Melo
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • friendship
    • class
    • family
    • love
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour7
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight3

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    Genres
    comedy, family
    Directed by
    Victor Lima
    Written by
    Renato Aragão, Victor Lima
    Starring
    Renato Aragão, Maria Cláudia, Ronaldo Canto e Melo, Neila Tavares, Jorge Dória, Angelo Antonio, Leda Valle, Amândio
    Cinematography
    Antônio Gonçalves
    Runtime
    103 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese

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