Leopoldo Serran

Leopoldo Augusto Bhering Serran (May 6 1942 – 20 August 2008) was a Brazilian screenwriter best known for the 1976 film "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands", based on the novel by Jorge Amado.

Serran frequently collaborated with directors Carlos Diegues and Bruno Barreto and was considered a major screenwriter of Brazil's "Cinema Novo" movement.

Serran died in Rio de Janeiro of liver cancer.Weber, Bruce (August 22, 2008). [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/movies/23serran.html Leopoldo Serran, 66, Screenwriter Known for ‘Dona Flor,’ Is Dead.] "New York Times"]

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