An amusing and historical piece of Brazil's cinema

"Os Óculos do Vovô" ("Grandpa's Glasses") is a nostalgic and cheerful look at kids pranks, the one here is about a grandfather who wakes up and thinks he became blind when in fact his grandson painted his glasses so he couldn't see anything. And the kid makes plenty of other disturbances, running away from his mother and then later pretending to be a good boy in front of his grandfather.

Grainy and lacking of its original running time, this short is a fun testament of the early stages of Brazilian cinema and a quite well-humored picture, a big development of the comedy genre on film which was somewhat rare since most of the films of that time were short documentaries. And if I'm not wrong this is the first fictional picture ever made here. So sad that most of it is gone (the remaining film consists of five minutes and not fifteen minutes as often displayed in many places.)

Worth seeing not only because of its historical and cultural value but also because it is a nice film, well made even in those limited standards. 9/10.

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This is the oldest Brazilian movie of fiction not completely destroyed, but unfortunately there are only a few fragments.

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