God Is Brazilian

God Is Brazilian
God Is Brazilian
	Theatrical release poster
Portuguese	Deus É Brasileiro
Directed by	Carlos Diegues
Screenplay by	João Ubaldo Ribeiro; Carlos Diegues; João Emanuel Carneiro; Renata Almeida Magalhães;
Based on	O Santo que Não Acreditava em Deus; by João Ubaldo Ribeiro
Produced by	Renata Almeida Magalhães
Starring	Antônio Fagundes; Wagner Moura; Paloma Duarte; Bruce Gomlevsky; Stepan Nercessian; Hugo Carvana; Castrinho; Chico de Assis;
Cinematography	Affonso Beato
Edited by	Sérgio Mekler
Music by	Chico Neves; Hermano Vianna;
Production; companies	Luz Mágica Produções; Tele Image; Globo Filmes;
Distributed by	Columbia TriStar
Release date	31 January 2003 (Brazil);
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese
Budget	R$7 million
Box office	R$10.6 million

God Is Brazilian (Portuguese: Deus É Brasileiro) is a 2003 Brazilian fantasy comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Carlos Diegues, based on the short story O Santo que Não Acreditava em Deus by João Ubaldo Ribeiro. In the film, God, portrayed by Antônio Fagundes, decides to take a vacation and heads to Northeastern Brazil to find a saint as a replacement. Filming took place over the course of 64 days in the Brazilian states of Tocantins, Alagoas, Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro.^[1]

Plot[edit]

Taoca, a part-time fisherman and small-time con artist, finds a man holding on to a buoy in the middle of the ocean. The man claims he is God, but Taoca doesn't believe him until he performs some miracles.

It seems God has decided to take a break and is searching for someone to temporarily take over. With Taoca, God travels the country in hopes of finding a new saint who is fit for the job. Along the way, they meet a woman, Madá, who joins the two in hopes they will take her to São Paulo, where her mother has died.

Eventually, the trio comes across a young man who appears to have the right qualifications, except he has no belief in a higher power.

Cast[edit]

Antônio Fagundes as God
Wagner Moura as Taoca
Paloma Duarte as Madá
Hugo Carvana as Quincas Batalha
Stepan Nercessian as Baudelé
Bruce Gomlevsky as Quinca das Mulas
Castrinho as Goró
Chico de Assis as Cezão
Thiago Farias as Messias
Susana Werner as Senhorita Agá
Toni Garrido as São Pedro

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b Collaboration

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Arantes, Silvana (17 December 2001). "Deus sai de férias". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 May 2014.
^ "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados – 1995 a 2012" (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Ancine. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

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[collab-1] Collaboration

[folha-2] Arantes, Silvana (17 December 2001). "Deus sai de férias". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 May 2014.

[3] "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados – 1995 a 2012" (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Ancine. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

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