''My Hindu Friend'' is a 2015 Brazilian drama film, directed and written by Hector Babenco, starring Willem Dafoe, Maria Fernanda Cândido,

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, Selton Mello and

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. It was released on 3 March 2016.''"Meu amigo hindu", filme de Hector Babenco, estreia dia 3 de março''
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Plot

Diego ( Willem Dafoe) is a film director who is diagnosed with cancer and, while hospitalized, meets and befriends a

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

8-year-old boy who is also a patient at the hospital.

Cast

* Willem Dafoe as Diego Fairman * Maria Fernanda Cândido as Livia Monteiro Bueno *

as Ricardo Steen * Selton Mello as Common Man *

as Sofia Guerra * Guilherme Weber as Antonio Fairman *

Dan Stulbach Dan Filip Stulbach (born September 26, 1969) is a Brazilian actor, television presenter, director and artistic director. Biography He is the first member of a small family of Polish Jewish immigrants to be born in Brazil. He has only one siste ...

as Marcos *Gilda Nomacce as Antonio's Wife *Tuna Dwek as Gabi *

Tania Khalill Tânia Calil Campos de Oliveira ( née Padis; born 8 July 1977), known professionally as Tania Khalill, is a Brazilian actress. Early life Khalill was born to pediatrician Emiliano Campos and psychologist Terezinha Calil Campos in São Paulo's ...

as Rosemary * Maitê Proença as Debora * Dalton Vigh as Dr. Morris *

Supla Eduardo Smith de Vasconcellos Suplicy (born 2 April 1966), known as Supla, is a Brazilian musician. Biography Supla was born 2 April 1966 in the city of São Paulo. He is the son of Senator Marta Suplicy, a Brazilian of English, Italian and ...

as Paiva *

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as Dudu *Rio Adlakha as Hindu Friend *Soren Hellerup as Herbert Spencer

Reception

References

External links

* * 2015 films 2010s Portuguese-language films 2015 drama films Brazilian drama films Films about cancer Films set in hospitals Brazilian independent films Films set in São Paulo Films directed by Héctor Babenco Films scored by Zbigniew Preisner 2015 independent films 2010s English-language films 2015 multilingual films Brazilian multilingual films 2010s Brazilian films {{2010s-Brazil-film-stub