A chronicle of the customs of 1940s Brazil. "The King of the Night" portrays Tezinho, a young bohemian who, after having his heart broken, falls in love with two sisters and ends up getting involved with a prostitute known as the Queen of the Night. Alone, a lottery ticket seller on the streets of a totally different and modernized São Paulo, Tezinho recalls his glory days in a nursing home.
The digital restoration of the film image was made from the original negatives, preserved by the Cinemateca Brasileira, and scanned in 4K resolution. The sound was restored and remastered at JLS Facilidades Sonoras - Estúdio JLS, by José Luiz Sasso, having as matrices the audio transferred from DigiBeta video tapes.
O Rei da Noite
1975
14 years
96 min.
Fiction
Brazil
Brazil, love relationship, solitude, memory, restored films
Colorido
Hector Babenco
Hector Babenco, Orlando Senna
Lauro Escorel
Sylvio Renoldi
Paulo José, Marília Pêra, Vic Militello, Isadora de Farias, Cristina Pereira, Yara Amaral
Hector Babenco, Ignacio Gerber, José Pinto
HB Filmes
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