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Macunaíma (1969)
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1969 (Brazil) morePlot:
Our story begins with Macunaima's miraculous birth to an old woman in a tiny jungle settlement. Born full grown... more | add synopsisAwards:
5 wins moreUser Comments:
Andrade's widely suppressed post-Imperial anti-Cannibalism fable moreCast
(Credited cast) | Grande Otelo | ... | Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son |
| Paulo José | ... | White Macunaíma / Macunaíma's mother |
| Jardel Filho | ... | Venceslau Pietro Pietra |
| Dina Sfat | ... | Ci |
| Milton Gonçalves | ... | Jiguê |
| Rodolfo Arena | ... | Maanape |
| Joana Fomm | ... | Sofara |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Wilza Carla | ... | Fat Lady |
| Hugo Carvana | ... | Man with the duck |
| Leovegildo Cordeiro | ||
| Maria Lúcia Dahl | ... | Iara |
| Rafael de Carvalho | ... | Caapora |
| Tite de Lemos | ... | Narrator (voice) |
| Maria Do Rosario | ... | Iquiri |
| Maria Letícia | ||
| Zezé Macedo | ||
| Myrian Muniz | ... | Venceslau's wife |
| Nazareth Ohana | ||
| Waldir Onofre | ||
| Carmem Palhares | ||
| Maria Clara Pelegrino | ... | Venceslau's maid |
| Guará Rodrigues | ... | Bum (as Guaracy Rodrigues) |
| Edy Siqueira | ||
| Márcia Tânia | ||
| Maria Carolina Withaker | ||
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110 min | Germany:98 min | USA:95 minCountry:
BrazilLanguage:
PortugueseColor:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 moreFun Stuff
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Essa Garota é Papo Firme moreFAQ
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I first saw Macunaima in a World Cinema class here at Rutgers University. The film is about a native Brazilian born fully grown as he is depicted as defecated more than born, a dark Black baby to a White mother and all White siblings.Macunaima faces the harsh reality of his color, as he picks out the scraps a pig's end trails as his brothers eat the succulent flesh.He then finds a well which spurts water which turns him White, in a fantastically colorful sequence, Macunaima revels in his new color, as it changes his life and opens doors of opportunity to metropolitan Sao Paulo as he meets a guerrilla assassin femme fatale with whom he bares a Black child. She is killed, he seeks to avenge her death and realizes being White isn't all its cracked up to be. Macunaima has to wrangle with blood sucking neocolonialists. Despite its serious subject matter, Macunaima creates a carnivalesque atmosphere, light hearted wit and sexy mystique that defines Brazil