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Tenda dos Milagres (film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Tenda dos Milagres
| image = Tenda dos Milagres film.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Nelson Pereira dos Santos
| producer = Nelson Pereira dos Santos
| writer = Nelson Pereira dos Santos
| based_on =
| starring = Hugo Carvana
| music = Gilberto Gil
Jards Macal
| cinematography = Hlio Silva
| editing = Raimundo Higino
Severino Dad
| studio = Regina Filmes
| distributor = Embrafilme
| released =
| runtime = 132 minutes
| country = Brazil
| language = Portuguese
}}
'Tenda dos Milagres' is a 1977 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, based on the novel of the same name by Jorge Amado. Starring Hugo Carvana, Sonia Dias and Severino Dada, it exposes and satirizes racism in Brazilian societythe most notable example being a flashback scene where Brazilians are shown listening with approving interest to Nazi race theories in the late 1930s. 'Tenda dos Milagres' was shot in Salvador, Bahia.
Cast
* Hugo Carvana as Fausto Pena
* Sonia Dias as Anna Mercedes
* Anecy Rocha as Dr. Edelweiss
* Franca Teixeira
* Mae Mirinha do Portao
* Jurez Paraso as Pedro Archanjo
* Jards Macal as Young Pedro
* Jehova De Carvalho as Major Damiao
* Manoel do Bonfim as Lidia Corro
* Nildo Parente as Prof. Nilo Argolo
Reception
It won the Best Film Award and Best Score Award, and dos Santos won the Best Director Award and Dias won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 10th Festival de Braslia. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
See also
* List of submissions to the 50th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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