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The Assailant
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Jéssica Barbosa | ... |
Dinorá
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Flávio Rocha | ... |
Coronel Venâncio
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Irandhir Santos | ... |
Noca de Antônia
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Macalé | ... |
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Ânderson Santos de Jesus | ... |
Quero-Quero
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Leno Sacramento | ... |
Chico Canoa
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Cris Vianna | ... |
Teresa
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Sérgio Laurentino | ... |
Exu
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Geísa Costa | ... |
Zulmira
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Nilton Júnior | ... |
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Servílio de Holanda | ... |
Genival
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Antonio Fabio | ... |
Serafim
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Adriana Alves | ... |
Oxum
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Based on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission.
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Rated R for some violence, sexuality, nudity and brief language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
BrazilLanguage:
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30 October 2009 (Brazil) See more »Also Known As:
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Although filmed with a sort of contemporary touch in aesthetics and camera works this film is a let down. The character never seem to capture the viewer who is simply rambling through the cliché far-fetched kind of plans. It seems to try to compensate in aesthetic exacerbation what it lacks in simplicity and dramatic quality. It comes out as a hard to develop kind of thing and it simply doesn't take advantage of so many possibilities left to explore, from the actual roots of capoeira, to the potential in most of the characters. The characters are also a bunch of stereotypical sketch and never leave that numb state to let out some actual personality. Everyone just goes where they're expected to go and do what they are supposed to do. That's nothing else than lack of inventiveness and failure to capture the essence of smaller and less obvious connections. Not totally a waste of time, but almost. Not recommended.