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Bingo: The King of the Mornings

2017 · 113 min

A gaudy, bittersweet backstage portrait where the joy of performing curdles into loneliness and quiet self-destruction.

Tagline: Clowning around can cost your soul
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.
How it feels: Dark, satirical, melancholic and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, celebrity, ambition, parenthood
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
celebrity
ambition
parenthood
corruption
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild