Monday, August 22, 2022

Sai de Baixo (1956)

(spoilers) A group of circus artists enlist in the military parachutist team, and must go through training in the hands of a sadistic sergeant. The sergeant has his eyes on the girlfriend of one of the cadets. The latter goes to jail after a fist fight with the sergeant. Another cadet kidnaps the colonel's dog so as to pose as its rescuer and ask as reward the freeing of his comrade. The kidnapping is riddled with misfortunes, such as when the dog (inside a bag) gets trapped inside a meat freezer after they took hiding in there.

Extremely low-budget comedy which, much like the other films by this writer/director, manages to come up with something mildly entertaining despite the paucity of resources at his disposal. Unfortunately, I am not much of a fan of the leading comic actor, who was also a circus clown just like the character he plays.

Rating: 34

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