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Tanga (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Tanga (Deu no New York Times?)' is a 1987 Brazilian comedy film directed by the comic artist Henfil and written by him and Joffre Rodrigues.
Synopsis
The setting is Tanga, a small miserable island with an illiteracy rate of 99%. The country is headed by Herr Walkyria Von Mariemblau (Rubens Corra). Each day, a copy of 'The New York Times' is delivered to the dictator, the only such copy available on the island. After he reads each day's newspaper, he incinerates it to prevent it from falling into the hands of communist guerrillas, who covet the newspaper, sharing his belief that "knowledge is power."At one time the phrase "deu no New York Times" ("it was in The New York Times") was a colloquialism used in Brazil to mean that something was undoubtedly true.
Cast
* Rubens Corra as Herr Walkyria Von Mariemblau
* Elke Maravilha as Frau Regine de Regine
* Cristina Pereira as Liga da Mulher Ideal
* Henfil as Kubanin
* Flvio Migliaccio as Partido Comunista Tangans
The cast also includes
Chico Anysio,
Ricardo Blat,
Zzimo Bulbul,
Haroldo Costa,
Daniel Filho,
Jaguar,
Ken Kaneko,
Procpio Mariano,
Hlio Pellegrino,
Alan Riding,
Joffre Rodrigues, and
Fausto Wolff.
Awards
*Golden Sun for Best Film (Sol de Ouro de Melhor filme pelo Jri Popular) at the Rio Cine Festival
See also
*List of Brazilian films of the 1980s
Notes
References
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