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Title: Bufo & Spallanzani (2001)
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José Mayer | ... | Ivan Canabrava / Gustavo Flávio |
| Tony Ramos | ... | Guedes | |
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Isabel Guéron | ... | Minolta |
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Gracindo Júnior | ... | Eugênio Delamare |
| Maitê Proença | ... | Delfina Delamare | |
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Matheus Nachtergaele | ... | Agenor |
| Juca de Oliveira | ... | Prof. Ceresso | |
| Milton Gonçalves | ... | Delegado Ferreira | |
| Dirce Migliaccio | ... | Dona Bernarda | |
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Ernani Moraes | ... | Guarda-costas |
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Jacqueline Sperandio | ... | Clara Estrucho |
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Celso Frateschi | ... | Dr.Ribeiroles |
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Luciano Chirolli | ... | Dr. Baran |
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Gustavo Gasparani | ... | Doctor |
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Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten years later, now as a successful writer, similar characters possibly using Bufo Marinus reappear and create an intricate plot full of surprises. Written by GMeleJr
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PortugueseRelease Date:
31 August 2001 (Brazil) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by Fausto Fawcett, Dado Villa-Lobos & Gustavo Dreher
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A relatively interesting and relatively well made Brazilian feature, it is a shame that the narrative structure lets the film down. It takes two lines of action - both in the present day and in the past - and edits them together, which makes it awfully confusing as some differentiating details are only made clear later in the piece. But still there is some degree of disorientation as the film goes backwards and forwards, and perhaps this could have been handled a bit better. Also, the ending felt a little far-fetched to me, and the nudity in the film seemed excessive and pointless - but it is always intriguing stuff to watch. It has some things to say about high-level corruption, and the science behind the frog poisoning is fascinating. Overall, the film is better than the average thriller out there, but it's not quite good enough to recommend rushing out to see.