''Chico Xavier'' is a 2010

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

ian

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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

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, Letícia 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

* Nelson Xavier as Chico Xavier (1969 to 1975) * Ângelo Antônio as Chico Xavier (1931 to 1959) *Matheus Costa as Chico Xavier (1918 to 1922) * Tony Ramos as Orlando *

as Glória * Giulia Gam as Rita * Letícia Sabatella as Maria * Luís Melo Melo as João Cândido *Pedro Paulo Rangel as Father Scarzelo * Giovanna Antonelli as Cidália *André Dias as Emmanuel *

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 * Cássia Kis as Iara *

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 *

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 {{bio-film-stub