''Árido Movie'' is a 2005 Brazilian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
written and directed by . It premiered in the Horizons section at the
62nd edition of the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
. Released in Brazil in 2006, it was nominated
for Best Film at the 2007
Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro
The Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro, more popularly known as Grande Otelo, is a Brazilian film award. It was established in 2000 as Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil by the Ministry of Culture of Brazil that presented it in 2000 and 2001. In 2002 ...
.
Plot
Cast
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Guilherme Weber
Guilherme Weber (born May 6, 1972) is a Brazilian actor, director and author.
Career
Guilherme began his career on theatre in 1989. He was fourteen years old when traveled with an amateur group to many cities in Brazil for four years. In 1992, ...
as Jonas
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Giulia Gam
Giulia Daysi Gam (born 28 December 1966) is a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Giulia was born in Perugia when her father, José Carlos Gam Heuss, was taking a course. She has a Danish grandfather.
Career
She became famous in Brazil after perfo ...
as Soledad
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Gustavo Falcão as Falcão
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Selton Mello
Selton Figueiredo Mello (born 30 December 1972) is a Brazilian actor and director. Since his childhood, he acted on TV shows. Now he works on TV, movies and theater. Throughout his career, he developed a strong and solid experience in cinema, pr ...
as Bob
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Mariana Lima
Mariana Gomes Ferreira Lima-Díaz (born August 25, 1972) is a Brazilian actress and producer.
Personal life
Since 1997, she has been married to director Enrique Díaz, with whom she has two daughters, Elena and Antônia.
Filmography
Telev ...
as Vera
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José Dumont
José Dumont (born 1 August 1950 in Bananeiras, Paraíba) is a Brazilian TV and movie actor, best known for his role as the family father in ''Behind the Sun'' (''Abril Despedaçado''), an award-winning film of director Walter Salles. More ...
as Zé Elétrico
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Suyane Moreira as Wedja
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Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos (born 25 June 1954) is a Brazilian actor.
Selected filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1954 births
Living people
Brazilian male film actors
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as Jurandir
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Aramis Trindade as Márcio Greyck
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Matheus Nachtergaele
Matheus Nachtergaele (born 3 January 1968) is a Brazilian actor, director, and screenwriter.
Career
He has starred in numerous Brazilian films, best known for his appearances in the 1997 film ''Four Days in September'' and the 2002 film '' City ...
as Salustiano
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Maria de Jesus Bacarelli as Dona Carmo
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Renata Sorrah
Renata Leonardo Pereira Sochaczewski (born 21 February 1947), known professionally as Renata Sorrah, is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for portraying Nazaré Tedesco in '' Senhora do Destino'' (2004).
Early life
Sorrah was born in Rio ...
as Stela
References
External links
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2005 drama films
2005 films
Brazilian drama films
2000s Portuguese-language films
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