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O Auto da Compadecida (2000)

| Adventure, Comedy | 10 September 2000 (Brazil)
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The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small Northeast Brazil town. But when they die, they have to be judged by ... See full summary »

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Matheus Nachtergaele ... João Grilo
... Chicó
... Padre João
Denise Fraga ... Dora
Diogo Vilela ... Padeiro Eurico
Luís Melo ... Diabo
Virginia Cavendish ... Rosinha
Bruno Garcia ... Vicentão
Enrique Diaz ... Capanga
Maurício Gonçalves ... Jesus Cristo
Aramis Trindade ... Cabo Setenta
... Cangaceiro Severino
Lima Duarte ... Bispo
... Compadecida
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The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small Northeast Brazil town. But when they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary, before they are admitted to paradise. Written by <lukejoplin@infolink.com.br>

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O Pulo da Gaita
Written by Sá Grama
Performed by Sérgio Campelo, Gilberto Campello, Jônatas Zacarias, Antônio Barreto,
Frederica Burgeois, Cláudio Moura, Fábio Delicato, Neide Alves and Thiago Fournier
Arranged and Produced by Sá Grama
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A very funny movie, specially for Brazilians!
16 August 2011 | by – See all my reviews

This movie is a film adaptation of a very funny and traditional Brazilian story. The actors are very good and the director created the perfect ambiance for the scenes. It's a movie about a very particular Brazilian way of life. You will not find at this movie big cities like São Paulo or Rio, or big forests like Amazon, nothing. You will find the Sertão: a deserted area in Brazil where a lot of people lives with few resources and needs to use the creativity to survive. Maybe, for non-Brazilians, the language can be a problem, because most of the jokes have some linguistic aspect. But this is not a very big problem. The film is funny for everybody and have a good message at the end.
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