- Macunaíma (film)
Infobox Film
name = Macunaíma
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caption = Original film poster
director =Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
producer = Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
writer = Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
narrator =
starring =Paulo José Grande Otelo Dina Sfat Jardel Filho
music =
cinematography = Guido Cosulich
editing = Eduardo Escorel
distributor =New Line Cinema
released = 1969
runtime = 110 minutes
country =Brazil
language = Portuguese
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gross =
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amg_id = 1:141048
imdb_id = 0064616"Macunaíma" is a 1969
Brazil iancomedy film produced byFilmes do Serro and directed byJoaquim Pedro de Andrade . It was released in a dubbed version for American audiences in 1972 byNew Line Cinema . On June 13 and July 12, 2005,Europe an andLatin America n syndicates of theTV5 network aired the film in its original Portuguese with French subtitles.Plot
Based on the 1928 book by
Mário de Andrade , the modern-day parable follows the misadventures of a black man who is miraculously born to an old woman, who is supposed to be of the indigenous peoples of Brasil, in thejungle s of the Amazon. Though born fully-grown, he has the heart of a playful child. After the death of his mother, he comes face to face with a spring that turns him white. With that change, he and his two brothers move toRio de Janeiro , but are interrogated by street terrorists upon their arrival.Then, thanks to an affair with a white lady, guerrilla killer Ci, the film's hero fathers a black boy with her. When both mother and child die, he embarks on a quest to recover a magical stone from a rich city dweller. In this film, the essentialist myth of the 3 Brazilian races, white,black, and the original natives of Brazil, is supposed to be represented through the protagonist, his brothers, and his mother.
Throughout his adventures, Macunaíma learns some tough lessons about Brazilian life and society. Macunaima functions as an allegorical representation of the turmoil of the Brazilian military coup that had ensued.
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