''Bellini and the Devil'' ( pt, Bellini e o Dêmonio) is 2008 Brazilian crime film directed by Marcelo Galvão. Based on

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's homonymous novel, it stars Fabio Assunção as Remo Bellini, a

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-based detective who investigates mysterious murders revolving around ''

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''. A sequel to ''

Bellini and the Sphinx ''Bellini and the Sphinx'' ( pt, Bellini e a Esfinge) is 2001 Brazilian crime film directed by Roberto Santucci. Based on Tony Bellotto's homonymous novel, it stars Fabio Assunção as Remo Bellini, a São Paulo-based detective who investigates m ...

'', it premiered as the opening film of the 1st Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival, where Assunção won the award of Best Actor.

Cast

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as Remo Bellini *

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as Gala *Nill Marcondes as Zanqueta *Mariana Clara as Rita *Beto Coville as Mariano *

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as Clarice * Caroline Abras as Silvia * Marco Luque as Alex *Christiano Cochrane as Malta *André Bubman as Odilon *Neuza Romano as Odilon's mother *Javer Monteiro as bartender *Malu Bierrenbach as Érica * Marília Gabriela as Letícia *Jatir Eiró as journalist *Deto Montenegro as pauper

Production

In 2002, after the theatrical release of the

Roberto Santucci Roberto Santucci (born 1967) is a Brazilian filmmaker. Santucci holds degrees for the Columbia College Hollywood and University of California. He started his career as a filmmaker directing short films, and then action films. However, due to low bo ...

's ''Bellini and the Sphinx'', the production team cogitate to adapt the second book, ''Bellini e o Demônio''. Malu Mader wanted to direct the film but due to other projects, she did not it. Instead, Galvão was actually hired for it; he cited

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as the main influence, as well as the filmmakers David Lynch and David Cronenberg, and

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and

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as influences for the work. He also wrote the screenplay, but he felt he was betrayed on the film's theatrical version as the producer Theodoro Fontes modified it. Galvão, however, was satisfied to know that the version released on DVD would contain an extra with a director's cut version.

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*{{IMDb title, 1205903 2000s crime films 2008 films Brazilian crime films Brazilian detective films Films based on Brazilian novels Films set in São Paulo Films shot in São Paulo 2000s Portuguese-language films Brazilian sequel films