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Ana Miranda
Ana Miranda is a Brazilian poet and novelist born in Fortaleza, Ceará in 1951. She grew up in Brasilia and has lived in Rio de Janeiro since 1969. Her main work of note has been historical, including her award-winning 1989 novel ''A Boca do Inferno'', which was published in English in 1991. Many of her other works have concerned the conflicts of women wanting to have careers and families. Film adaptions The film ''Desmundo'' by Alain Fresnot Alain Fresnot (born June 6, 1951) is a French-born Brazilian film director, editor and producer. Born in Paris, his family came to Brazil in 1957 to live in Campinas due to the Algerian War. His family moved to São Paulo where he attended on ci ... is an adaption of her novel of the same name. External linksHope College References 1951 births Living people Brazilian women novelists 20th-century Brazilian novelists 20th-century Brazilian women writers 21st-century Brazilian novelists 21st-century Brazilian women writers
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Fortaleza
Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the twelfth richest city in the country in GDP. It also has the third richest metropolitan area in the North and Northeast regions. It is an important industrial and commercial center of Brazil, the nation's eighth largest municipality in purchasing power. According to the Ministry of Tourism, the city reached the mark of second most desired destination of Brazil and fourth among Brazilian cities in tourists received. The BR-116, the most important highway of the country, starts in Fortaleza. The municipality is part of the Common Market of Mercosur Cities, and also the Brazilian state capital which is closest to Europe, from Lisbon, Portugal. To the north of the city lies the Atlantic Ocean; to the south are the municipalities of Pacatuba, E ...
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Ceará
Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main tourist destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of Fortaleza, the country's fourth most populous city. The state has 4.3% of the Brazilian population and produces 2.1% of the Brazilian GDP. Literally, the name ''Ceará'' means "sings the jandaia". According to José de Alencar, one of the most important writers of Brazil and an authority in Tupi Guaraní, ''Ceará'' means turquoise or green waters. The state is best known for its extensive coastline, with of sand. There are also mountains and valleys producing tropical fruits. To the south, on the border of Paraíba, Pernambuco and Piauí, is the National Forest of Araripe. Geography Ceará has an area of . It is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, ...
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Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ...
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Desmundo
''Desmundo'' is a 2002 Brazilian drama film by Alain Fresnot, based on the novel of the same name by Ana Miranda. The film is set in 1570, a period when orphan Portuguese girls were sent to marry the settlers' sons. This was done to prevent the Portuguese from having sons with the indigenous peoples and black people in order to keep the Christian marriage and a "pure" heritage. The film follows Oribela (Simone Spoladore) as she is sent from Portugal to Brazil to marry Francisco de Albuquerque (Osmar Prado). Cast *Simone Spoladore as Oribela *Osmar Prado as Francisco de Albuquerque *Caco Ciocler as Ximeno Dias *Berta Zemel as Mrs Branca *Beatriz Segall as Mrs Brites *José Eduardo as governator *Débora Olivieri as Maria *José Rubens Chachá as João Couto *Cacá Rosset as Afonso Soares D'Aragão *Giovanna Borghi as Bernardinha *Laís Marques as Giralda *Arrigo Barnabé as musician Production In order to be more faithful to the period ''Desmundo'' is set, Fresnot—beyond of using ...
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Alain Fresnot
Alain Fresnot (born June 6, 1951) is a French-born Brazilian film director, editor and producer. Born in Paris, his family came to Brazil in 1957 to live in Campinas due to the Algerian War. His family moved to São Paulo where he attended on cinema courses before his first contact with professional cinema. In 1967, he made the continuity editing for Walter Hugo Khouri's '' As Amorosas''. He directed three short films between 1973 and 1975, making his debut as a director in 1976 with '' Trem Fantasma''. Filmography * '' Trem Fantasma'' (1976; director) * '' Noite em Chamas'' (1977; editor) * '' Sede de Amar'' (1979; editor) * ''O Homem que Virou Suco'' (1980; editor) * '' Janete'' (1983; editor) * '' A Marvada Carne'' (1985; editor) * ''Jubiabá'' (1986; editor) * '' Lua Cheia'' (1989; director) * '' Ed Mort'' (1997; director) * ''Kenoma'' (1998; producer) * ''Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum'' (1999; producer) * ''Desmundo'' (2002; director) * ''Família Vende Tudo ''Família Vende Tudo'' ...
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1951 Births
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Brazilian Women Novelists
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21st-century Brazilian Novelists
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