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God Is Brazilian
Theatrical release poster
PortugueseDeus É Brasileiro
Directed byCarlos Diegues
Screenplay by
Based onO Santo que Não Acreditava em Deus
by João Ubaldo Ribeiro
Produced byRenata Almeida Magalhães
Starring
CinematographyAffonso Beato
Edited bySérgio Mekler
Music by
  • Chico Neves
  • Hermano Vianna
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia TriStar
Release date
  • 31 January 2003 (2003-01-31) (Brazil)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
BudgetR$7 million[1]
Box officeR$10.6 million[2]

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

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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

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Collaboration

References

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  1. ^ a b Arantes, Silvana (17 December 2001). "Deus sai de férias". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. ^ "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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