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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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...
