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Original Title: Candango: Memórias do Festival
Status
Released
Release
2020
Runtime
1h 59m
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
95 Cast Members
Vladimir Carvalho
Self
Darcy Ribeiro
Self
Jorge Bodanzky
Self
Paulo Emílio Sales Gomes
Self (archive footage)
Walter Mello
Self
Murilo Grossi
Self
Geraldo Sobral Rocha
Self
Ismail Xavier
Self
Antônio Pitanga
Self
Carlos Diegues
Self
Domingos de Oliveira
Self
Helena Ignez
Self
Walter Carvalho
Self
Paulo César Peréio
Self (archive footage)
Lúcia Murat
Self
Sylvio Back
Self
Nilson Rodrigues
Self
J. Pingo
Self (archive footage)
Orlando Brito
Self
Othon Bastos
Self