The King's Jester

(1937)

★ 8 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1937

Runtime: 95 мин

Country: Brazil

Director: Mesquitinha

Cast: Mesquitinha, Conchita de Moraes, Manoel Pera, Déa Selva, Augusto Henriques, Wanda Marchetti, Nilza Magrassi, Darcy Cazarré, Sara Nobre, Rosina Pagã

Plot

A wealthy sugar mill owner, widowed and living with his only son, suffers from profound melancholy. To alleviate his suffering, he seeks entertainment in the form of any jerk willing to lend a hand. Among the many candidates his secretary presents to fill the "position", a certain "Penguin", who along with his sister "Picolé" lives on the favela hill under the protection of a kind Portuguese shopkeeper, completely pleases the "sovereign" of sugar. With "Penguin"'s entry into the court as the sugar king's "fool", great transformations take place in the home of the wealthy misanthrope.