Brazilian turns childhood dream into small cinema

Carlos Costa would never forget the summer day his grandmother took him to the movies.

- AP SAO PAULO

He was 6 years old when he first walked into a dark theatre to watch "O Trapalhao nas Minas do Rei Salomao," a 1977 Brazilian comedy that remains one of the country's biggest box office hits.

"When I saw that giant screen, wow, I was mesmerised. I thought: someday I'll have a movie theatre of my own," he said. "Fifty years later, that dream has come true.”