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Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures

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'Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures' is a 2005 Brazilian film directed by Marcelo Gomes. It was Brazil's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot synopsis



German national Johann is traveling in rural northern Brazil in the 1940s, selling the new drug aspirin by screening a short promotional film for isolated villagers, many of whom have never seen a motion picture. He meets drifter Ranulpho, who agrees to work for Johann in exchange for a ride to Rio de Janeiro. They have many encounters and misadventures on their journey, eventually selling out Johann's entire stock of aspirin to a wealthy brothel owner.

When Brazil formally declares war on Germany in August, 1942, Johann is ordered to either return to his homeland or turn himself into a Brazilian concentration camp until the end of hostilities. Not wishing to participate in the European war, Johann paints over the advertising logos on the company truck, splits the sales money with Ranulpho, and smuggles himself onto a train with other workers who are supporting the Brazilian-American alliance by working on rubber plantations in the Amazonian jungle.

Cast



* Joo Miguel - Ranulpho

* Peter Ketnath - Johann

* Madalena Accioly - Mulher da Cobra

* Jeane Alves - Mulher Amamentando

* Daniela Cmara - Neide

* Veronica Cavalcanti - Maria da Paz

* Jorge Clsio - Funcionrio dos Correios

* Lcia do Acordeon - Sanfoneira

* Mano Fialho - Caador

* Francisco Figueiredo - Rapaz na Estrada

* Paula Francinete - Lindalva

* Hermila Guedes - Jovelina

* Sandro Guerra - Homem da Cobra

* Jos Leite - Dono do Restaurante

* Nanego Lira - Funcionrio da Estao de Trem

* Arilson Lopes - Dono do Posto de Gasolina

* Zezita Matos - Mulher da Galinha

* Osvaldo Mil - Claudionor Assis

* Fabiana Pirro - Adelina

* Rodrigo Riszla - Stand in

* Irandhir Santos - Manoel

See also



*List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

References




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