Perfumed Ball (1996)
- Original title
- Baile Perfumado
- Directed by
- Lírio Ferreira
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Brazil
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 24 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man named Benjamin Abrahão makes friends with Lampião, the feared leader of a bandit group called the Cangaço. He manages to film Lampião's criminal activities, a task the Brazilian army could not do.
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What happens
Perfumed Ball (Portuguese: Baile Perfumado) is a 1996 Brazilian film directed by Lírio Ferreira and Paulo Caldas. Starring Duda Mamberti and Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, it shows the history of how Benjamin Abrahão befriended Lampião, the leader of the Cangaço, and filmed his crimes — a feat the Brazilian army was not able to accomplish. It used footage taken in 1936 for Abrahão's 1959 film Lampião, o Rei do Cangaço. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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