''Jubiabá'' () is a 1986 Brazilian-French

romantic drama Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

film directed by

Nelson Pereira dos Santos Nelson Pereira dos Santos (22 October 1928 21 April 2018) was a Brazilian film director. He directed films such as ''Vidas secas (film), Vidas Secas'' (Barren Lives, 1963), based on the Vidas Secas, book with the same name by Brazilian writer G ...

. Based on the novel of the same name by

Jorge Amado Jorge Amado ( 10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, includi ...

, it stars Charles Baiano and Françoise Goussard as two lovers.

Plot

The black orphan Balduíno (Charles Baiano) is adopted by the

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Ferreira ( Raymond Pellegrin), and falls in love with Ferreira's heiress, the white Lindinalva (Françoise Goussard). A day, he is kicked out of the Ferreira's house, becoming a famous '' malandro'' in

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streets. Even away from Lindinalva, their love is blessed by the ''

pai-de-santo A ''pai-de-santo'' or ''pai de santo'' (, plural pais de santo ) is a male priest of Candomblé, Umbanda and Quimbanda, the Afro-Brazilian religions. In Portuguese, those words translate as "saint's father", which is a calque (word-to-word tran ...

'' Jubiabá (

Grande Otelo Grande Otelo (October 18, 1915 – November 26, 1993) was the stage name of Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, and composer Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata. Otelo was born in Uberlândia, and was orphaned as a child. He kept running away fro ...

Cast

*Charles Baiano as Antônio Balduíno aka Baldo **Luiz Santana as young Balduíno *Françoise Goussard as Lindinalva ** Tatiana Issa as young Lindinalva *

as Jubiabá * Zezé Motta as Rosenda *

Julien Guiomar Julien Guiomar (3 May 1928 in Morlaix, Finistère, Brittany – 22 November 2010 in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine), was a French film actor. The actor had retired to the Dordogne at Monpazier. The person who incarnated Colonel Vincent in " ...

as Luigi * Catherine Rouvel as Amélia * Betty Faria as Zaira * Raymond Pellegrin as Ferreira * Ruth de Souza *Romeu Evaristo * Eliana Pittman

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jubiaba (film) 1986 romantic drama films 1986 films Brazilian romantic drama films Films about orphans Films based on works by Jorge Amado Films directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos French romantic drama films Films about interracial romance 1980s French films 1980s Brazilian films