''Heart and Guts'' ( pt, Das Tripas Coração) is a 1982 Brazilian

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directed by

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. It was screened in the

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section at the

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Plot

A boarding school only for girls is decreed to be closed by the

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. An intervenor, Guido (

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), is sent to the school to sign the protocol to confirm its closure and says it will become a corporation. Unexpectedly the students start to have sex, as well as the janitors and truancy officers. Meanwhile, each of the two principals, Renata (

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) and Miriam ( Xuxa Lopes), create obstacles to the other as both want Guido exclusively for herself. In the end, however, Guido finds out everything was just a dream and confirms the school's closure.

Cast

as Guido *

as Renata * Xuxa Lopes as Miriam *

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as priest *

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as teacher *

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as Amindra * Myrian Muniz as Muniza *

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as Nair

References

External links

* 1982 comedy films 1982 films 1980s Portuguese-language films Brazilian comedy films Films directed by Ana Carolina {{1980s-comedy-film-stub