''Bacalhau'' ( lit. 'Codfish' or 'Cod') is a 1976 Brazilian comedy film written and directed by Adriano Stuart. It is a ''

pornochanchada Pornochanchada () is the name given to a genre of sex comedy films produced in Brazil that was popular from the late 1960s after popularity of commedia sexy all'italiana. By the 1980s, with the wide availability of hardcore pornography through cl ...

''—or Brazilian sex comedy film—and a parody of the 1975 American thriller film ''

Jaws Jaws or Jaw may refer to: Anatomy * Jaw, an opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth ** Mandible, the lower jaw Arts, entertainment, and media * Jaws (James Bond), a character in ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' and ''Moonraker'' * ...

''. Whereas the plot of ''Jaws'' concerns a man-eating great white shark, ''Bacalhau'' centers around a killer

codfish Cod is the common name for the demersal fish genus ''Gadus'', belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus ''Gadus'' is commonly not calle ...

, known as '' bacalhau'' in Portuguese. ''Bacalhau'' stars ,

Dionísio Azevedo Dionísio Azevedo, stage name of Taufic Jacob (4 April 1922 – 11 December 1994) was a Brazilian television, theatre, and film actor, director, and writer. Career He started his career as an actor in Rádio Record in 1942. He moved to televi ...

and Maurício do Valle.

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* 1970s parody films 1970s sex comedy films 1976 comedy films Brazilian parody films Films about fish Pornochanchada 1970s Brazilian films {{1970s-Brazil-film-stub