''Chico Xavier'' is a 2010
Brazil
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ian
drama film
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directed by
Daniel Filho, written by Marcos Bernstein, and starring
Nelson Xavier,
Christiane Torloni
Christiane Maria dos Santos Torloni (born 18 February 1957) is a Brazilian actress. She is the winner of numerous awards, including an APCA Award, two Prêmios Qualidade Brasil, and a Shell Award, as well as receiving nominations for a Grande ...
,
Giulia Gam,
LetÃcia Sabatella,
Giovanna Antonelli and
Tony Ramos. It was released in Brazil on April 2, 2010. The movie is a biography of the Brazilian medium
Chico Xavier
Chico Xavier () or Francisco Cândido Xavier, born Francisco de Paula Cândido (, 2 April 1910 – 30 June 2002), was a popular Brazilian philanthropist and spiritist medium. During a period of 60 years he wrote over 490 books and several th ...
.
Cast
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Nelson Xavier as Chico Xavier (1969 to 1975)
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Ângelo Antônio as Chico Xavier (1931 to 1959)
*Matheus Costa as Chico Xavier (1918 to 1922)
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Tony Ramos as Orlando
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Christiane Torloni
Christiane Maria dos Santos Torloni (born 18 February 1957) is a Brazilian actress. She is the winner of numerous awards, including an APCA Award, two Prêmios Qualidade Brasil, and a Shell Award, as well as receiving nominations for a Grande ...
as Glória
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Giulia Gam as Rita
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LetÃcia Sabatella as Maria
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LuÃs Melo Melo as João Cândido
*Pedro Paulo Rangel as Father Scarzelo
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Giovanna Antonelli as Cidália
*André Dias as Emmanuel
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Paulo Goulart
Paulo Afonso Miessa, better known by his stage name Paulo Goulart (9 January 1933 – 13 March 2014) was a Brazilian actor.
Family
He was married to Brazilian actress Nicette Bruno from 1958 until his death in 2014; the couple had three child ...
as Saulo Guimarães
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Cássia Kis as Iara
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Cássio Gabus Mendes
Cássio Gabus Mendes (born 29 August 1961) is a Brazilian actor.
Career
Debuted on TV in the telenovela '' Elas por Elas'', in 1982, and participated in the telenovelas ''Ti Ti Ti'', ''Vale Tudo'', ''Tieta'' and '' A Indomada'', and others. ...
as Father Julio Maria
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Rosi Campos
Rosângela "Rosi" Martins Campos (born 30 March 1954) is a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Campos was born in 1954 in Bragança Paulista. She graduated in Journalism at the Escola de Comunicações e Artes, Escola de Comunicações e Artes of th ...
as Cleide
*Carla Daniel as Carmosina
External links
Official website*
Helpful article about this film's reception and the upcoming related films about Chico Xavier
2010 films
2010 biographical drama films
2010s Portuguese-language films
Brazilian biographical drama films
Films set in the 20th century
Films directed by Daniel Filho
Films about Spiritism
Films based on biographies
2010 drama films
2010s Brazilian films
Portuguese-language biographical drama films
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