''Kuarup'' is a 1989 Brazilian
drama film
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directed by
Ruy Guerra
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. It was filmed at the
Xingu National Park
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,
Mato Grosso, and in
Recife
That it may shine on all ( Matthew 5:15)
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Pernambuco
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.
Cast
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Taumaturgo Ferreira as Nando
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Fernanda Torres
Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres (born 15 September 1965) is a Brazilian film, stage and television actress and writer. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, the daughter of the Oscar-nominated actress Fernanda Montenegro and the actor Fernando Torre ...
as Francisca
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Cláudio Mamberti
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Origin and history
Claudius was the name of an eminent Roman gens, the most important m ...
as Ramiro
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Umberto Magnani as Fontoura
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Ewerton de Castro Ewerton may refer to:
People known by the mononym
* Ewerton (footballer, born 1989), Ewerton José Almeida Santos, Brazilian football centre-back
* Ewerton (footballer, born 1992), Ewerton da Silva Pereira, Brazilian football midfielder
* Ewerton ( ...
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Roberto Bonfim
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Cláudia Raia
Maria Cláudia Motta Raia (born 23 December 1966) is a Brazilian actress, singer, dancer, and stage producer.
Biography
Raia was born in Campinas and was married to Edson Celulari from 1993 until 2010. They had two children: Enzo Celulari and So ...
as Sônia
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Rui Resende as Hosana
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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 ...
as D. Anselmo
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Cláudia Ohana as Vanda
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Maitê Proença
Maitê Proença Gallo (born 28 January 1958) is a Brazilian actress, television presenter and writer.
Biography
Maitê Proença was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Her mother was Margot Proença, a philosophy and music teacher who died when Maitê ...
as Maureen
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Lucélia Santos
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Ruy Polanah Ruy may refer to:
Arts and Entertainment
* Ruy, the Little Cid, Spanish animated television series
* Ruy Blas, a character in the eponymous tragic drama by Victor Hugo
People
*another form of Rui, a Portuguese male given name
*another form of the ...
as Manoel Tropeiro
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Cláudio Ferrario as Vidigal
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Mauro Mendonça
Mauro Mendonça (born April 2, 1931) is a Brazilian actor. Born in Ubá, he started his career in 1955 in the Teatro Brasileiro de Comédia. He debuted in the 1963 TV Excelsior telenovela ''Corações em Conflito''. He went on to act on Rede Rec ...
as Gouveia, minister
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Stênio Garcia as Colonel Ibiratinga
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Maurício Mattar
Maurício Mattar (born 3 April 1964) is a Brazilian actor.
Biography
Maurício Mattar was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of Jarbas Mattar and Liedir Mattar. He is of Lebanese origin. Mattar is the nephew of the great pianist Pedro Mattar.
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as Levindo
Reception
''Kuarup'' received three special awards at the 15th
Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva
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During the first editions, it was ...
.
It was entered into the
1989 Cannes Film Festival.
References
External links
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1989 drama films
1989 films
1980s Portuguese-language films
Brazilian drama films
Films directed by Ruy Guerra
Films shot in Mato Grosso
Films shot in Recife
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