''Only God Knows'' (; ) is a 2006 Mexican-Brazilian

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directed by Carlos Bolado. It stars

Alice Braga Alice Braga Moraes (; born 15 April 1983) is a Brazilian actress and producer. She has appeared in several Brazilian films, starring as Angélica in the acclaimed '' City of God'' (2002), Karinna in '' Lower City'' (2005), and Dolores in '' Only ...

as Dolores, a Brazilian woman, who meets Dámian (

Diego Luna Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander (; born 29 December 1979) is a Mexican actor, director, and producer, best known for his portrayal of Cassian Andor in ''Rogue One, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' (2016) and the Disney+ series ''Andor (TV series), ...

), a Mexican who helps her to reach Mexico City after her passport is stolen. Co-produced between Brazil and Mexico after an agreement undersigned in Venezuela, it is the first film produced jointly by the two countries. Filming took place in 2004 in

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, Salvador,

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, and

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. Post-production was done in São Paulo in 2005 and sound effects were produced in

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. Its world premiere occurred on January 21 at the 2006

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, where it competed in the category Cinema Dramatic of the World Cinema section. It also entered the official selection of the

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and the

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Plot

Dolores is a Brazilian working in the USA who goes on a night out with friends across the border in Mexico where her passport gets stolen and found by a Mexican freelance journalist Damian. He helps her get to Mexico city as she believes she needs to reach the Embassy to get new papers to leave the country. The two fall in love during the journey, however the discovery that Damian had her passport all along puts them at odds. Dolores goes back to Brazil as her grandmother has suddenly passed. Dolores discovers she is pregnant despite her thinking she is unable to conceive. Damian follows her to Brazil. When it seems that they may have found each other and have a chance at happiness, fate has other plans.

Cast

as Dolores **Isabella Sass as young Dolores *

as Damián *Mariana Muniz as Dolores' grandmother * José María Yazpik as Jonathan *

Cecilia Suárez María Cecilia Suárez de Garay (; born 22 November 1971) is a Mexican actress and activist working with the United Nations and European Union campaigning against femicide and violence against women. She has starred in film, television, and the ...

as Olivia *Renata Zhaneta as Renata *

Damián Alcázar Damián Alcázar (born January 8, 1953) is a Mexican actor and politician, who is best known outside of Mexico as Lord Sopespian in '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'', Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela in the Netflix series ''Narcos'' and ...

as Presagio * Leigh Crow as Mrs Bailey

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* * 2006 drama films 2006 films Brazilian drama films Films directed by Carlos Bolado Films set in Mexico City Films set in San Diego Films shot in San Diego Films set in São Paulo Films shot in São Paulo Mexican drama films 2000s Portuguese-language films 2000s Spanish-language films 2006 multilingual films Mexican multilingual films Brazilian multilingual films 2000s English-language films 2000s Mexican films 2000s Brazilian films English-language drama films Portuguese-language drama films Spanish-language Brazilian films Spanish-language drama films {{2000s-drama-film-stub

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