''Sergeant Getulio'' ( pt, Sargento Getúlio) is a 1983 Brazilian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Hermanno Penna. It was shot in

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's neighborhood

São Cristóvão São Cristóvão (, ''Saint Christopher'') is a Brazilian municipality in the Northeastern state of Sergipe. Founded at the mouth of the Vaza-Barris River on January 1, 1590, the municipality is the fourth oldest settlement in Brazil. São Crist� ...

and

Laranjeiras Laranjeiras (, ''orange trees'') is an upper-middle-class neighborhood located in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Primarily residential, It is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, having been founded in the 17th century, with the ...

, as well as in

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's municipalities Nossa Senhora da Glória,

Aracaju Aracaju () is the capital of the state of Sergipe, Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country on the coast, about 350 km (217 mi) north of Salvador. According to the 2020 estimate, the city has 664,908 inhabitants, which re ...

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, and

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Cast

Lima Duarte Ariclenes Venâncio Martins (born 29 March 1930), known professionally as Lima Duarte, is a Brazilian actor. He played a number of characters in Brazilian telenovelas, such as Zeca Diabo in ''O Bem-Amado'' and Sinhozinho Malta in ''Roque Santeiro ...

as Getúlio * Orlando Vieira as Amaro * Luiz A. Barreto * Fernando Bezerra * Amaral Cavalcante * Márcia de Lima * Ethel de Souza * Marieta Fontes * Antonio Leite * Antônio Lima * Inez Maciel

Reception

At the 1983

Gramado Film Festival The Gramado Film Festival ( pt, Festival de Gramado) is an international film festival held annually in the Brazilian city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, since 1973. In 1992, the festival began to award Latin American films produced outside of Br ...

, it won the Best Film Award, while Duarte and Vieira won the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively. Duarte also won the Best Actor Award at the 5th

Havana Film Festival The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of Latin American filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as ''Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana,'' and in English as International Festiva ...

. ''Sargento Getúlio'' was nominated for Best Film Award at the

13th Moscow International Film Festival The 13th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1983. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Moroccan-Guinea-Senegalese film '' Amok'' directed by Souheil Ben-Barka, the Nicaraguan-Cuban-Mexican-Costa Rican film ''Alsino and ...

References

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* 1983 films 1983 drama films Brazilian drama films Films shot in Rio de Janeiro (city) Films shot in Sergipe 1980s Portuguese-language films Best Picture APCA Award winners 1983 directorial debut films {{1980s-drama-film-stub