''Colonel Delmiro Gouveia'' () is a 1978 Brazilian

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directed by Geraldo Sarno. It was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ...

section at the

1978 Cannes Film Festival The 31st Cannes Film Festival took place from 16 to 30 May 1978. American filmmaker Alan J. Pakula served as jury president for the main competition. Italian filmmaker Ermanno Olmi won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for the drama ...

. The film accounts the story and exploits of "colonel" Delmiro Gouveia, one of the earliest industrial entrepreneurs of Brazil, founder of the Corrente factories.

Cast

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as Delmiro Gouveia * Sura Berditchevsky as Eulina *

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as Lionello Lona *

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as Ulisses Luna *

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as Zé Pó * Magalhães Graça as Dantas Barreto * Conceição Senna as Zé Pó's wife * Alvaro Freire as Isidoro * Maria Alves as Jove * Dennis Bourke as Mister Hallam * Harildo Deda as Zé Rodrigues *

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as Augustas *

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as Osvaldo * João Gama as station master

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* 1970s biographical drama films 1978 films 1978 drama films 1970s Portuguese-language films Brazilian biographical drama films Films set in Bahia Films set in the 19th century Films set in the 20th century 1970s Brazilian films Portuguese-language biographical drama films {{1970s-drama-film-stub