''Árido Movie'' is a 2005 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 ...
written and directed by . It premiered in the Horizons section at the
62nd edition of the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...
. Released in Brazil in 2006, it was nominated
for Best Film at the 2007
Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro.
Plot
Cast
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Guilherme Weber as Jonas
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Giulia Gam
Giulia Daysi Gam (born 28 December 1966) is a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Giulia was born in Perugia when her father, José Carlos Gam Heuss, was taking a course. She has a Danish grandfather.
Career
She became famous in Brazil after perfo ...
as Soledad
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Gustavo Falcão as Falcão
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Selton Mello
Selton Figueiredo Mello (born 30 December 1972) is a Brazilian actor and director. Since his childhood, he acted on TV shows. Now he works on TV, movies and theater. Throughout his career, he developed a strong and solid experience in cinema, pr ...
as Bob
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Mariana Lima as Vera
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José Dumont
José Dumont (born 1 August 1950 in Bananeiras, Paraíba) is a Brazilian TV and movie actor, best known for his role as the family father in ''Behind the Sun'' (''Abril Despedaçado''), an award-winning film of director Walter Salles. More ...
as Zé Elétrico
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Suyane Moreira as Wedja
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Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos as Jurandir
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Aramis Trindade as Márcio Greyck
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Matheus Nachtergaele as Salustiano
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Maria de Jesus Bacarelli
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
as Dona Carmo
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Renata Sorrah
Renata Leonardo Pereira Sochaczewski (born 21 February 1947), known professionally as Renata Sorrah, is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for portraying Nazaré Tedesco in ''Senhora do Destino'' (2004).
Early life
Sorrah was born in Rio ...
as Stela
References
External links
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2005 drama films
2005 films
Brazilian drama films
2000s Portuguese-language films
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