''The Great Kilapy'' ( pt, O Grande Kilapy) is a 2012

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by

Zézé Gamboa José Augusto Octávio Gamboa dos Passos, known as Zézé Gamboa (born 1955) is an Angolan film director. Life Zézé Gamboa was born in Luanda in 1955.Ivonete PintoEntrevista: Zézé Gamboa ''Orson'', No. 4, 2013. He started working as a news p ...

. The film was an

international co-production A co-production is a joint venture between two or more different production companies for the purpose of film production, television production, video game development, and so on. In the case of an international co-production, production companies ...

between companies in

Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

and

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

Plot

Joao Fraga is a young Angolan, the descendant of a rich family from the colonial period. This mestizo boy just wants to live his life, having fun with friends and spending his money. Although he is the Senior Executive of the

National Bank of Angola The National Bank of Angola ( pt, Banco Nacional de Angola, links=) is the central bank of Angola. It is state-owned and the Government of Angola is the sole shareholder. The bank is based in Luanda, and was created in 1926, but traces its ances ...

, he diverts the institution's own funds, distributing money to colleagues and activists for the liberation of Angola. Joao goes to jail, but when he got out of prison, is upheld by society as a local hero.TIFF 2012 :The Great Kilapy brings Lazaro Ramos as a big swindler ‹ Discover Brazil
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* 2012 films Angolan drama films Brazilian comedy-drama films Portuguese comedy-drama films Films shot in João Pessoa {{2010s-comedy-drama-film-stub