简介：VeraCruzStudios出品的经典影片，维拉-克鲁兹是五十年代巴西最著名的电影制片公司。 Swindlerinjaildevisesaschemeofblackmailingthefamilyofrecentlydeceasedpeople,threateningtotellsupposedlyincriminatingfactsaboutthedeadman'slife. In1953,inSaoPaulo,thesmalltimecrookDorival(WaldemarWey)blackmailsthefamiliesofrecentlydiedpersons.Helooksforimportantnamesintheobituaryofthenewspapers,thenhesendsaletteraskingforalargeamounttothedeadperson,asifhewerenotawarethatthevictimhadpassedaway.Theheirs,afraidofbeingincriminatedbytheswindler,depositthemoneyinhisbankaccount.DorivaldecidestochangehislifewhenhemeetsDora(GildaNery),abeautifulprisoner,butanironicsituationexpectsforhim.'UmaPulganaBalanca'('AFleaontheScale')isagreatnaivecomedyofanostalgicnon-violentperiodofBraziliansociety.Lastmonth,theBraziliandistributorCinemagiareleasedaboxwiththreeDVDsoftheBrazilianCompanhiaVeraCruz.Thisstudiooriginatedin1949inSaoPaulo,andtheyhiredforeignertechnicians,aimingatgreatproductionsinsteadofthecommon'chanchadas'.ThegreatnameofVeraCruzwasAmácioMazzaropi(1912-1981).Unfortunately,thelackofaviableschemeofdistributionwasconsideredthemajorcauseofthefailureofVeraCruz.TheDVD'UmaPulganaBalanca'isnotrestored,butitismandatoryinanymoviecollection.…