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The entrepreneur and owner of a factory of cans Tancredo (Nelson Vaz) and his wife Luiza (Margot Louro) are extremely happy with the return of their only son Sérgio (Cyl Farney) from Madrid, graduated in nuclear engineer. Tancredo plans a convenience marriage of Sérgio with Lucy (Doris Monteiro), whose aunt owns an aluminum plant. However, Sérgio has studied music instead, and while traveling back to Brazil, the captain of the ship invites him to organize a farewell show for the passengers. Together with the steward Chico (Oscarito) and the stowaway Mara (Sonia Mamede), they present a successful concert and Sérgio invites the couple to work with him. But Madame Frou-frou (Zezé Macedo) is cheated by Chico and promises to revenge. In Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio introduces Chico and Mara as a Professor from the University of Ohio and his assistant, and they lure Tancredo building the night-club "Boite Atômica" as if it were a power plant. They invite the international attraction Melvis Prestes for the grand-opening. However, Madame Frou-frou discloses their scheme and they have to improvise to succeed in the show-business.

"De Vento em Popa" is a delightfully naive and funny comedy in the present days, but still a marvelous entertainment. The story and the situations are hilarious, making the viewer laugh and cry, and Sonia Mamede and Oscarito are amazing in the role of a talented double from the Northeastern that comes to Rio de Janeiro to become famous. The lines of Mara are magnificent, and I loved the definition of "interview" given by Tancredo's maid ("interview is everything that we do not say that is published"). Sonia Mamede and Oscarito dancing in the night-club and Oscarito performing Elvis Presley "("Melvis Prestes") are among the best scenes I have ever seen in a Brazilian movie. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "De Vento em Popa" ("Tail Wind")