Top billed cast

1. 

   Matheus Nachtergaele

   João Grilo

2. 

   Selton Mello

   Chicó

3. 

   Fernanda Montenegro

   Compadecida

4. 

   Rogério Cardoso

   Padre João

5. 

   Denise Fraga

   Dora

6. 

   Diogo Vilela

   Eurico

7. 

   Luís Melo

   Diabo

8. 

   Virginia Cavendish

   Rosinha

9. 

   Bruno Garcia

   Vicentão

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Reviews

A review by badelf

Written by badelf on 2023-08-15

This film is deeply steeped in Brazilian culture, which may make it inaccessible to some. It's based on a play by Ariano Suassuna, who made his life's mission to preserve Brazilian culture. If you're put off by the surrealistic religion scenes, keep in mind that this spiritualism was still firmly anchored in Brazil in 2000, along with the mash-up of African beliefs - candomblé.

I loved the Laurel-and-Hardy style of comedy. The film was not short on laughs. The actors' comedic timing is spot on. The direction is totally in the style of the 20th century comedic soaps (novelas), which were (a...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
Portuguese

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$4,903,192.00

Keywords

• based on play or musical
• hilarious