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{{Infobox film

| name = Xingu

| image = Xingu Film Poster.jpg

| caption =

| director = Cao Hamburger

| producer =Fernando Meirelles
Andrea Barata Ribeiro
Bel Berlinck

| writer = Cao Hamburger
Elena Soarez
Anna Muylaert

| starring = Joo Miguel
Felipe Camargo
Caio Blat

| music = Beto Villares

| editing = Gustavo Giani

| cinematography = Adriano Goldman

| studio = O2 Filmes
Globo Filmes

| distributor = Downtown Filmes
RioFilme

| released =

| runtime = 102 minutes

| country = Brazil

| language = Portuguese
Tupi

| budget = R$1416 million

| gross = R$3,898,283

}}

'Xingu' is a 2011 Brazilian drama film directed by Cao Hamburger and scripted by him, Elena Sorez and Anna Muylaert. Starring Joo Miguel, Felipe Camargo and Caio Blat, the film tells the Villas-Bas brothers trajectory from the moment in which they joined the Roncador-Xingu expedition, part of the Westward March of Getlio Vargas, in 1943.

It was shot in Tocantins, Xingu National Park, and in the Greater So Paulo. The film was exhibited for the first time in 2011, at the 8th Amazonas Film Festival. The official premiere took place on April 6, 2012. The film was watched by about 370,000 spectators and has raised more than four million reals in box office. A television adaptation in four episodes was aired on Rede Globo between 25 and December 28, 2012.

Plot



The story takes place in the 1940s when the Villas-Bas brothersClaudio (Joo Miguel), Leonardo (Caio Blat) and Orlando (Felipe Camargo)start an exploratory expedition into the Xingu River. They make contact with the local tribes, learn to live in the rainforest, and persuade a reluctant government to found the Xingu National Park.

Cast



*Joo Miguel as Claudio Villas Boas

*Felipe Camargo as Orlando Villas Boas

*Caio Blat as Leonardo Villas Boas

*Maiarim Kaiabi as Prepori

*Awakari Tum Kaiabi as Pionim

*Adana Kambeba as Kaiulu

*Tapai Waur as Izaquiri

*Totomai Yawalapiti as Guerreiro Kalapalo

*Maria Flor as Marina

*Augusto Madeira as Noel Nutels

*Fbio Lago as Bamburra

Awards



*Jury Award for Best Cinematography - 2012 Prmio Contigo Cinema

*3rd place Panorama Audience Award for Fiction Film - 2012 Berlin International Film Festival

References




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