Getting to Know Your Brazilian Pornochanchadas

by Andre Soares

 

Bacalhau (Bac's) (1975) directed by Adriano Stuart, starring Maurício do Valle, Hélio Souto, Marlene França, Helena Ramos, Dionísio Azevedo

At Sala Especial [site no longer available], there’s a light-hearted analysis of Brazil’s pornochanchadas: dirt-cheap soft-core comedies — and a few dramas — that helped the Brazilian cinema survive during the dark years of political repression from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s. The text is in Portuguese, but the language of the photographs is universal.

(The photo above is from the Jaws spoof Bacalhau (Bacs) - about a perennially hungry, woman-eating giant cod.)

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by Andre Soares | April 13, 2006 | Filed Under Brazilian Cinema, Censorship, Film 

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5 Responses to “Getting to Know Your Brazilian Pornochanchadas”

  1. Franco Ibañez on April 13th, 2006 8:34 pm

    Wow. After seeing that website, now you relly got me curious.

    I do understand some portuguese, and looks like they have some link to entire movies as well.

  2. Administrator on April 14th, 2006 7:51 am

    Hmmmm. . . I took a look at Sala Especial just now, and I didn’t see any links to entire movies - though it’s possible I missed it.

    They do have links to forums, adult world news, and to a site filled with pornochanchada posters.

    I remember watching two of those films way back when. “Histórias Que Nossas Babás Não Contavam” and the brilliant “Bacalhau (Bacs).” Two unforgettable cinematic experiences. . .

  3. Kobalski on January 3rd, 2007 4:26 am

    Hello… What is this website about??

    I’m brazilian by the way…

  4. Andre Soares on January 3rd, 2007 9:43 am

    If you mean Sala Especial, it’s gone. I’ve just checked.

    That’s too bad…

    Anyhow, I’ll delete the link.

  5. Sala Especial on April 3rd, 2008 8:45 pm

    Sala Especial is back. http://www.salaespecial.com

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