Carlos Sanches

Zézé Gamboa's sardonic historical drama follows a good-hearted, apolitical con man who, on the eve of Angolan independence in the mid-1970s, pulls off a massive swindle at the expense of the Portuguese colonial administration — and soon after finds himself hailed as a hero of the national liberation struggle.

A film on the feud between samba songwriters Noel Rosa and Wilson Batista.

What can you expect from children and a clown at a party?