''Bellini and the Sphinx'' ( pt, Bellini e a Esfinge) is 2001 Brazilian

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

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 ...

. Based on

Tony Bellotto Antonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto (; born June 30, 1960) is a Brazilian musician and writer, best known as the lead guitarist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also written and released several books. Childhood Bellotto spent his childhood ...

's homonymous novel, it stars

Fabio Assunção Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian (name), Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usu ...

as Remo Bellini, a

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

-based detective who investigates mysterious murders. It premiered at the 2001

Festival do Rio The Festival do Rio is an international film festival in 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-mo ...

, where it won the award of Best Film. It was followed by ''

Bellini and the Devil ''Bellini and the Devil'' ( pt, Bellini e o Dêmonio) is 2008 Brazilian crime film directed by Marcelo Galvão. Based on Tony Bellotto's homonymous novel, it stars Fabio Assunção as Remo Bellini, a São Paulo-based detective who investigates ...

'', also starring Assunção, and directed by

Marcelo Galvão Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to: * Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...

Cast

Fábio Assunção Fábio Assunção Pinto (born 10 August 1971) is a Brazilian actor. In 2011, he was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor for his role in the miniseries '' Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor''. Early life Born in São ...

as Remo Bellini *

Malu Mader Maria de Lourdes "Malu" da Silveira Mäder (born 12 September 1966) is a Brazilian actress. Biography Born in Rio de Janeiro, she is the daughter of Rubens Tramujas Mäder, a Brazilian army colonel (who gives his name to the RJ-163 highway, w ...

as Fátima *Maristane Dresch as Beatriz *Eliana Guttman as Dora Lobo *Paulo Hesse as dr. Rachid Rafidjian *Marcos Damigo as Samuel Rafidjian *Rosaly Papadopol as Sofia Rafidjian *Cláudio Gabriel as Stone

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* 2001 films 2000s crime films Brazilian crime films Brazilian detective films Films based on Brazilian novels Films directed by Roberto Santucci Films set in São Paulo Films shot in São Paulo 2000s Portuguese-language films {{2000s-crime-film-stub