''Lucio Flavio'' ( pt, Lúcio Flávio, o Passageiro da Agonia) is a 1977 Brazilian film directed by Héctor Babenco based on the book of the same name by

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, who co-wrote the screenplay. It stars

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as Lúcio Flávio, a famous bandit in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s. Babenco did not want to limit the story to Lúcio Flávio, and stated it was also a film about Esquadrão da Morte, a

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from the 1960s.

Cast

as Lúcio Flávio *

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as Janice * Grande Otelo as Dondinho * Ivan Cândido as Bechara *

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as Lígia * Milton Gonçalves as 132 *

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as Dr. Moretti *

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Release and reception

It premiered on November 22, 1977 at the 1st

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, where it was elected the Best Film by the audience. In February 1978, it won the Best Actor (Faria), Best Supporting Actor (Cândido), Best Cinematography and Best Editing awards at the Gramado Film Festival. The film also entered the Taormina Film Fest, where it won the Best Actor Award. It debuted on the commercial circuit with 100 copies, breaking '' King Kong''s 81, on February 27, 1978. As of November 2014, ''Lucio Flavio'' was the sixth most-watched Brazilian film with an audience of 5,401,325.

References

External links

* 1977 crime drama films 1977 films Brazilian crime drama films Films directed by Héctor Babenco Films based on non-fiction books Films based on biographies {{1970s-crime-drama-film-stub