Bingo: The King of the Mornings the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Inspired by a true story, "Bingo: The King of the Mornings" is a film about the man behind the mask. Augusto (Vladimir Brichta) is an artist looking for his place under the spotlight, following the footsteps of his mother (Ana Lúcia Torre), a stage artist in the 50's. Restless in his search for applause, he finds a chance to conquer the crowds when he becomes "BINGO", a TV host clown from one of the audience leader's TV shows for children in
National Bingo Game for over 25 years and has an unblemished operating record under both The Gaming Board of Great Britain and currently The Gambling Commission. There have been some controversial incidents with winners in the past, but these have tended to be few and far between. Of these incidents the majority of cases have been related to disagreements between players, where informal agreements between players to each share their winnings with the other/s, have not been honoured. That said there are also cases where some bingo customers share their major winnings with fellow bingo players, even when they are not present in