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Xica da Silva
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Xica () is a 1976 Brazilian comedy film directed and written by Carlos Diegues, based on the novel by João Felício dos Santos, which is a romanticized retelling of the true story of Chica da Silva, an 18th-century slave in Brazil, who attracts the attention of a powerful Portuguese land-owner and eventually rises into the Brazilian high society. The movie stars Zezé Motta, Walmor Chagas and José Wilker.
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7.0The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributes" in order to get power.
Cast
- Zezé Motta as Xica da Silva
- Walmor Chagas as Comendador João Fernandes
- Altair Lima as Intendente
- Elke Maravilha as Hortência
- Stepan Nercessian as José
- Rodolfo Arena as Sargento-Mor
Themes
- slavery
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Brazil
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Director
- Carlos Diegues
- Screenwriter
- Carlos Diegues
- Cast member
- Walmor Chagas
- Composer
- Jorge Ben
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 622254
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- publication date
- 1976-01-01
- title
- Xica da Silva
- language of work or name
- Portuguese
- different from
- Xica da Silva
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
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Xica () is a 1976 Brazilian comedy film directed and written by Carlos Diegues, based on the novel by João Felício dos Santos, which is a romanticized retelling of the true story of Chica da Silva, an 18th-century slave in Brazil, who attracts the attention of a powerful Portuguese land-owner and eventually rises into the Brazilian high society. The movie stars Zezé Motta, Walmor Chagas and José Wilker.
It was chosen as the Brazilian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
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