A millionaire chases a ballerina into Brasília's wildest nightclub while the president watches fireworks overhead.
During the inauguration of Brasília, Brazil's brand new capital city, singer and ballerina Gilda hides in a working-class night club to escape from an inconvenient millionaire who's trying to date her.
Acting
Grande Otelo's magnetic presence anchors every scene he steals.
Production
Genuine Brasília construction backdrop—history happening in real time.
Director
Roberto Farias
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Brasília's actual 1960 inauguration, making it a time capsule of Kubitschek's utopian modernist dream. The 'candango' refers to the working-class migrants who built the city in record time.
Director Roberto Farias was only 26 and already mastering the chanchada formula: take a current event, add music numbers, sprinkle social commentary, serve with chaos. Grande Otelo's nightclub scenes were reportedly improvised.
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