Cinematheque: Brazilian Film of the 1950s
Amei um Bicheiro (I Love a Bookie, Brazil, 1952, 35mm, b/w, 90 min., subtitled); Directed by Jorge Ileli & Paulo Wanderley
Event Details
Date
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Time
7:30 p.m.
Location
Cinematheque, room 4070, Vilas Hall
Description
Carlos (the handsome Cyl Farney) moves to Rio de Janeiro from the country in search of a better life for him and his fiancée. But things do not work out the way he had planned, and he gets sucked into the city's infamous lottery racket. A policial influenced by film noir (especially by John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle), Amei um Bicheiro was one of Atlântida’s most ambitious projects. Starring Cyl Farney, Eliane, Grande Otelo..
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