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{{Infobox film

| name = Macunama

| image = Macunaima.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Original film poster

| director = Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

| producer = Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

| writer = Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

| based_on =

| narrator = Tite de Lemos

| starring = Paulo Jos
Grande Otelo
Dina Sfat

| music = Jards Macal
Orestes Barbosa
Slvio Caldas
Heitor Villa-Lobos

| cinematography = Guido Cosulich

| editing = Eduardo Escorel

| studio = Difilm
Filmes do Srro
Grupo Filmes
Condor Filmes

| distributor = Difilm
Condor Filmes
Embrafilme

| released =

| runtime = 110 minutes

| country = Brazil

| language = Portuguese

| budget =

| gross =

}}

'Macunama' is a 1969 Brazilian comedy film directed by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, based on Mrio de Andrade's novel of the same name. It was released in a dubbed version for American audiences in 1972 by New Line Cinema. On June 13 and July 12, 2005, European and Latin American syndicates of the TV5 network aired the film in its original Portuguese with French subtitles. It was rereleased internationally in 2009.

Plot



Based on the 1928 book by Mrio de Andrade, the modern-day parable follows the misadventures of a black man (Grande Otelo) who is miraculously born to an old woman (Paulo Jos), who is supposed to be of the indigenous peoples of Brasil, in the jungles 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 (Paulo Jos). With that change, he and his two brothers move to Rio de Janeiro, but are interrogated by street terrorists upon their arrival.

Then, thanks to an affair with a white lady, guerrilla killer Ci (Dina Sfat), the film's hero fathers a black boy (Grande Otelo) 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, Macunama 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.

Cast



*Grande Otelo as black Macunama

*Paulo Jos as white Macunama/Macunama's mother

*Dina Sfat as Ci

*Jardel Filho as Wenceslau Pietro Pietra

*Milton Gonalves as Jigu

*Rodolfo Arena as Maanape

*Joana Fomm as Sofar

*Maria do Rosrio as Iriqui

*Hugo Carvana

*Carmem Palhares

*Wilza Carla

*Zez Macedo

*Maria Lcia Dahl

*Myriam Muniz

References




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