简介：Catito,aclown,managestofleeaforcedmarriage,byhidinginsideDr.Cláudio'scartrunk.InRiodeJaneiro,hishostforceshimtoimpersonatethefamouspainterPicanssô,toimpresshisgirlfriendSílvia'sfriends.She'sasocialitewhosemaininterestisherownsocialprojection.(fromIMDB) ThisisafilmfromtheBrazilian"chanchada"movementthatwasabigcommercialsuccessinthecountryduringthe50sandearly60s.ThisisanexcerptfromanarticleontheAtlântidafilmcompany,theonethatproduced"Barnabé"andmostsuccessfulfilmsfromthisperiod: TheAtlântidastudios,foundedinRiodeJaneiroin1941,enjoyedunprecedentedcommercialsuccessuntiltheearly1960sthankstotheir"chanchadas".Theterm"chanchada"wasinitiallyusedinapejorativesensetorefertothefilmmusicalsofthe1930sandearly1940swhichpromotedcarnivalsongsandtooktheirleadfromHollywood,yetthetermsoonbecamesynonymouswiththelightmusicalcomediesproducedbyAtlântida.Bythe1950s,"chanchadas"werenolongernecessarilymusicals,buttheyremainedmanycarnivalesquefeatures,particularlytheinversionofestablishedhierarchiesintheirstorylines,and,astheBrazilianfilmindustrygainedinconfidence,theseirreverentcomediesturnedtheirattentiontoparodicreworkingsofHollywood'sgenericmodels.…