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A Selva

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Diogo Morgado and Maitê Proença in A Selva (2002)
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Young man, of Portuguese nobility ascendancy, starts working in a rubber plantation in the Amazon, in 1912, and falls in love with pretty Yayá, a married woman.Young man, of Portuguese nobility ascendancy, starts working in a rubber plantation in the Amazon, in 1912, and falls in love with pretty Yayá, a married woman.Young man, of Portuguese nobility ascendancy, starts working in a rubber plantation in the Amazon, in 1912, and falls in love with pretty Yayá, a married woman.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
288
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    • Leonel Vieira
    • Ferreira de Castro(novel)
    • Izaías Almada(screenplay)
    • João Nunes(screenplay)
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    • Diogo Morgado
    • Karra Elejalde
    • Maitê Proença
    • Leonel Vieira
    • Ferreira de Castro(novel)
    • Izaías Almada(screenplay)
    • João Nunes(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Diogo Morgado
    • Karra Elejalde
    • Maitê Proença
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    Diogo Morgado
    Diogo Morgado
    • Alberto
    Karra Elejalde
    Karra Elejalde
    • Velasco
    Maitê Proença
    Maitê Proença
    • Dona Yayá
    Chico Díaz
    Chico Díaz
    • Firmino
    Claudio Marzo
    Claudio Marzo
    • Juca Tristão
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    Gracindo Júnior
    Gracindo Júnior
    • Sr. Guerreiro
    Zé Dumont
    • Agostinho
    Roberto Bonfim
    Roberto Bonfim
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    António Melo
    António Melo
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    Zózimo Bulbul
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    Sergio Villanueva
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    Roberto Frota
    • Lourenço
    Luís Vitalli
    • Alexandrino
    Hernâni Dourado
    • João
    Gomes Lima
    • Manduca
      • Leonel Vieira
      • Ferreira de Castro(novel)
      • Izaías Almada(screenplay)
      • João Nunes(screenplay)
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    The Law of The Jungle
    This movie is inspired in the novel by the Portuguese writer Ferreira de Castro which was a best-seller in 1930 and was translated in several languages. In 1912 a Portuguese young man comes to Brazil running away from the Republic which had been proclaimed in Portugal in 1910, since he was a monarchist. He is educated (can even play the piano) but he gets only a job as "seringueiro" (rubber-gatherer) in a remote place in the Amazonian jungle which is almost like hell. The law there is the will of the white owners of the ground where the rubber trees grow and their foremen which can punish the workers (mostly Negroes or half-caste) by whipping or even killing them by such faults as not producing enough work or trying to escape, in a system akin to slavery. The workers while working in the forest are also subject to attacks by savage Indians tribesmen and wild animals such as ounces and jaguars. After a certain time the young man gets some kind of "promotion" and comes to work in the store and the office of the rubber estate where he gets better treatment and is even admitted at the table of the owner. There he falls in love with the beautiful book-keeper's wife which will bring him a lot of trouble in that kind of milieu. The movie is very well made and shows in a very realistic way the daily life in an Amazonian rubber estate. It's served by an excellent cast of performers including those who do the roles of the semi-slave workers. Its only flaw in my opinion is its inconclusive end after the final very violent scenes of the climax. But a good movie in any case.
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      • November 1, 2002 (Portugal)
      • Portugal
      • Brazil
      • Spain
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      • Belém, Pará, Brazil
    • Production companies
      • CCFBR Produções
      • Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia (ICAM)
      • Lotus Filmes
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