Bingo: The King of the Mornings
“Clowning around can cost your soul”
ComedyDrama
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.
VIBE
A vibrant, yet ultimately somber dive into the dazzling, deceptive world of 80s television. It's a colorful spectacle masking a lonely soul, exploring the price of fame and the search for true identity behind a painted smile.
boisterousmelancholicnostalgicbittersweetsteady80s retrodramatic comedycharacter studyfameidentityperformanceloneliness
clownfame1980s
