本片是巴西名导Anselmo Duarte的首部长片，后来他曾凭借1962年的《承诺》打开了巴西新浪潮通往世界的大门并获得奥斯卡最佳外语片提名和嘎纳金棕榈奖。但早在57年的这部处女作中他就已经展示出非凡的创造力了，本片被看成是对50年代巴西人生活各面的完美展现。YOUTUBE片段：
A man who's memorized his town's telephone directory tries his luck on a TV Show. But a small group of people who control the bettings in town try to get advantage of his simple-mindedness.
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In Vereda da salvao (1965; “The Path of Salvation”), vividly depicted the delirium and destruction of a group of religious mystics at the hands of the authorities.
Intent on offering his fiancée a better life, countryman heads for Rio de Janeiro in search of a place in the sun. With no contacts in the big city, he gets involved with the crime underworld connected with illegal betting. This was the first Brazilian film to deal candidly with "Jogo do Bicho", the popular and illegal daily lottery in Rio de Janeiro.
"Amei um bicheiro" is an a...
1952年嘎纳电影节金奖提名。Vera Cruz Studios出品。
Tico-Tico no Fubá is a 1952 Brazilian comedy film directed by Adolfo Celi and starring Anselmo Duarte. The film is a fictionalized biography of Brazilian composer Zequinha de Abreu (1880-1935), who penned the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá" that became an international hit in the 1940s.
In Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulao, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into working in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Alberto, the captain, receives a radio message saying that there was a dangerous international spy on board. Things get worse when some passports are mixed-up.
巴西新浪潮导演Anselmo Duarte的作品，其62年的〈承诺〉曾获得嘎钠金奖及奥斯卡最佳外语片提名。
