O Rei da Noite (1975)

English title: King of the Night.

The film follows the life trajectory of a man spanning the 1930's, 40's and 50's in Rio de Janeiro. He falls in love with a beautiful woman but she is declared gravely ill, and committed to a sanitarium. He then has affairs with a prostitute-singer, and three sisters from a middle-class house, one of whom he marries.

Curious little film, which occasionally shows a primitive vigor, but is frequently spoiled by the extremely amateurish direction (it's a debut), which nevertheless is incapable of preventing good performances from the more experienced actors in it.

Rating: 39