
BarnabéaccidentalydrawsinoneofhishandstheStarofDavid,themarkofthesixthsuccessorofSolomon,whoisbeingsearchedbyPrincessZuleima.Nowhewillhavetomarryher,orelsehe'llbedecapitated.<br/> ThisisafilmfromtheBrazilian"chanchada"movementthatwasabigcommercialsuccessinthecountryduringthe50sandearly60s.ThisisanexcerptfromanarticleontheAtlântidafilmcompany,theonethatproduced"Barnabé"andmostsuccessfulfilmsfromthisperiod:<br/> TheAtlântidastudios,foundedinRiodeJaneiroin1941,enjoyedunprecedentedcommercialsuccessuntiltheearly1960sthankstotheir"chanchadas".Theterm"chanchada"wasinitiallyusedinapejorativesensetorefertothefilmmusicalsofthe1930sandearly1940swhichpromotedcarnivalsongsandtooktheirleadfromHollywood,yetthetermsoonbecamesynonymouswiththelightmusicalcomediesproducedbyAtlântida.Bythe1950s,"chanchadas"werenolongernecessarilymusicals,buttheyremainedmanycarnivalesquefeatures,particularlytheinversionofestablishedhierarchiesintheirstorylines,and,astheBrazilianfilmindustrygainedinconfidence,theseirreverentcomediesturnedtheirattentiontoparodicreworkingsofHollywood'sgenericmodels.

