2 Filhos de Francisco - A História de Zezé di Camargo & Luciano (2005)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Breno Silveira

Writers:

Carolina Kotscho (writer) and
Patrícia Andrade (writer) ...

Release Date:

19 August 2005 (Brazil)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | History

Plot:

The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen. |

Plot Keywords:

Ampersand In Title | Punctuation In Title | Digit In Title | Brazil | Death

Awards:

14 wins & 16 nominations

Cast

Ângelo Antônio	...	Francisco José de Camargo
Dira Paes	...	Helena Siqueira de Camargo
Márcio Kieling	...	Mirosmar / Zezé Di Camargo
Thiago Mendonça	...	Welson / Luciano Camargo
Paloma Duarte	...	Zilu
Dablio Moreira	...	Young Mirosmar / Zezé Di Camargo
Marcos Henrique	...	Emival
Natália Lage	...	Cleide
Wigor Lima	...	Young Welson / Luciano Camargo
Zezé di Camargo	...	Himself
Luciano Camargo	...	Himself (as Luciano)
Jackson Antunes	...	Zé do Fole
José Dumont	...	Miranda
Lima Duarte	...	Benedito
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emanoel Camargo	...	Himself
Helena de Siqueira Camargo	...	Herself
Maria Lucier Camargo	...	Herself
Marlene José Camargo	...	Herself
Ciça Castello	...	Zilu's client
Francisco José de Camargo	...	Himself
Francisco José de de Camargo	...	Himself
Helena Siqueira de Camargo	...	Herself
Walter José de Camargo	...	Himself
Wellington José de Camargo	...	Himself
Wesley José de Camargo	...	Himself
Katia Delfino	...	Young Marlene
Leonardo Monteiro de Barros	...	Moacyr
Pedro	...	Leandro
Thiago	...	Leonardo

Also Known As:

Two Sons of Francisco (USA) (festival title)

Runtime:

132 min | Japan:122 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

Company:

Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil

Trivia:

Official selection from Brazil for the 2006 Academy Awards.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Welson is arriving in São Paulo (in the 1980s), a Mercedes Sprinter van (released in the late 1990s) is visible through a rear-view mirror.

Soundtrack:

Saudade Brejeira

Excellent story, very well told!

Any Brazilian who manage to get past the gigantic wall that divides the two world of Brazil - the real world and the shopping mall world - would have the opportunity to see a very nice piece of movie making. The story is extremely complex and long, and even so director Breno Silveira manages to tell it in a very clear way, with lots of details and beautiful interpretations and cinematography.

One of the main points that made people overlook the movie was that they focused too much on Zezé di Camargo and Luciano. The movie is not about them, but their father, a very poor and illiterate man who simply decided that his sons would have a better life than his. Francisco's stubbornness is amazing, and his unbeatable faith should be more imitated than laughed at.

An excellent movie for all ages, very entertaining and moving, and a lovely soundtrack, built mostly with old classics of Brazilian country music.