''Damned – The Strange World of José Mojica Marins'' (original title: ''Maldito - O Estranho Mundo de José Mojica Marins'') is a 2001

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ian

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directed by André Barcinski and Ivan Finotti.

Overview

The film tells the story of the Brazilian

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, film and

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and

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José Mojica Marins José Mojica Marins (13 March 1936 – 19 February 2020) was a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television horror host. Marins is also known for creating and playing the character Coffin Joe (loosely translated from Zé d ...

. The film features Marins (as himself) and his associates and family members recounting episodes of his life and career from childhood to international recognition in later years.

Accolades

The film received the ''Special Jury Award in Latin American Cinema'' at the 2001

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Cast

(as himself) *

Mário Lima Mário Lima is a Brazilian actor and film and television producer. He produced and acted in many films by Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins. Filmography *'' My Destiny in Your Hands'' as Actor *'' Adventurer's Fate'' as Actor *'' At Midnigh ...

Rubens Lucchetti Rubens Francisco Lucchetti (born 29 January 1930, in Santa Rita do Passa Quatro), better known as R. F. Lucchetti, is a Brazilian fiction writer, illustrator, writer and scripts for films, comic books and photo comics. Luchetti wrote more than 3 ...

*Conceição Marins *Nilcemar Leyart

References

External links

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Official Coffin Joe website
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