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2003
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A mild-mannered banker finds himself living out his wildest dreams, only to wake up to a major dilemma in a continent-hopping...
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2001
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Cape Verde author Germano Almeida wrote the novel (Mr. Napumoceno's Last Will and Testament) that provides the source for...
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Napunmoceno
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1999
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In a remote branch of the Brazilian Amazon, Americans Lewis (Tom Berenger) and Wolf (Tom Waits) are stranded when their plane...
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1991
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Jack Noah (Richard Dreyfuss) is all actor: Self-possessed, obsessive, vulnerable, and an addict for praise, his soul burns...
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1988
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In an off-beat comedy drama where the lines between good and bad are blurred into broad swathes of gray, Tucan (Nuno Leal)...
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1986
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The economic and social conditions of a small and remote Brazilian town are featured in this well-wrought story that can...
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1985
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This political thriller is set against the background of actual turmoil in Brazil in the 1970s, so viewers familiar with that...
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1984
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Gabriela was based on Jorge Armado's novel Gabriela, Clove and Cinammon, which also served as the source of a typically...
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Capitao
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1983
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Based on the novel by Jorge Amado, this Brazilian comedy follows the strange events that befall Doña Flor (Sonia Braga) after...
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Mirandao
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1977
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A homeless drifter arrives in the territory controlled by a large landowner. The drifter, who has a son and a daughter, both...
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Pirunga
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1976
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When a construction worker falls to his death due to a deliberate laxness in safety regulations, the construction foreman's...
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Director, Mario
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1976
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A black homosexual transvestite is the mob leader in the slums of Rio de Janeiro in this Brazilian film. He casually slices...
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1975
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This documentary covers the popular Brazilian singer Wilson Simonal. He delivers a series of songs in this feature that...
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1970
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This violent feature concerns the cacao wars of Brazil in the 1920s. Gods symbolically come to life and interact with the...
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1970
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In the northeastern region of Brazil, local farmers are unable to grow sufficient crops on their arid land. When a holy man...
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Mario
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1964
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