2017 · comedy · drama · political
Bingo: The King of the Mornings
Directed by Daniel Rezende1h 53m2017
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.
Our read: Bingo: The King of the Mornings (2017) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded comedy · drama · political entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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