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Caramuru: Brazil Reinvented

6.3/10

November 9, 2001

85 minutes

Guel Arraes

Comedy Romance History

Overview

Diogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica and his two daughters, Paraguaçu and Moema. They call him Caramuru and together they engage in a happy love triangle. But the chance to return to Portugal arises, and it is clear this amoral arrangement cannot last.

Movie Details

Release Date

November 9, 2001

Runtime

85 minutes

Director

Guel Arraes

Rating

6.3/10

Production Companies

Globo Filmes Lereby Produções

Trailer

Trailer - Caramuru, A Invenção do Brasil

Cast

Selton Mello

Diogo Álvares, Caramuru

Camila Pitanga

Paraguaçu

Luís Melo

Vasco de Athayde

Tonico Pereira

Itaparica

Deborah Secco

Moema

Débora Bloch

Isabelle

Pedro Paulo Rangel

Dom Jayme

Diogo Vilela

Heitor

Marco Nanini

Narrator