O Rei do Baralho (1975): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1975, O Rei do Baralho is a komödie film directed by Júlio Bressane, running about 81 minutes.

What it’s about. In a movie studio, the actors are getting made up and the crew is waiting to begin shooting the film. Grande Otelo, the bungling "king of the deck", and Marta Anderson, the blond and provocative star of the show, recite in the historical scenario of the chanchadas, the abandoned studios of Cinédia. "The photography is splendid, it is a sort of parallel song, of critique, of parody, of understanding of a certain light typical of Brazilian cinema of the times, already re-created, already stylized. And with the older actors, Otelo, Lewgoy and the others, something very important happened in the artistic perception, seeing again, doing again, it was already a concrete metalanguage" (J. Bressane).

Who’s in it. O Rei do Baralho stars Grande Otelo as Rei do Baralho, Marta Anderson as Loira, Wilson Grey as Gambler and Fininho as Gambler, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.7/10, O Rei do Baralho has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch O Rei do Baralho page.

If you liked it. Fans of O Rei do Baralho tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Das Leben ist schön and Fight Club.