''Sergeant Getulio'' () is a 1983 Brazilian

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directed by Hermanno Penna. It was shot in

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's neighborhood

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and

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, as well as in

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's municipalities Nossa Senhora da Glória,

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, Barra dos Coqueiros, and Poço Redondo.

Cast

* Lima Duarte as Getúlio * Orlando Vieira as Amaro * Luiz A. Barreto * Fernando Bezerra * Amaral Cavalcante * Márcia de Lima * Ethel de Souza * Marieta Fontes * Antonio Leite * Antônio Lima * Inez Maciel

Reception

At the 1983

Gramado Film Festival The Gramado Film Festival () is an international film festival held annually in the Brazilian city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, since 1973. In 1992, the festival began to award Latin American films produced outside of Brazil. It is the biggest ...

, it won the Best Film Award, while Duarte and Vieira won the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively. Duarte also won the Best Actor Award at the 5th

Havana Film Festival The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of Latin American filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as ''Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana,'' and in English as International Festiv ...

. ''Sargento Getúlio'' was nominated for Best Film Award at the

13th Moscow International Film Festival The 13th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1983. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Moroccan-Guinea-Senegalese film ''Amok (1983 film), Amok'' directed by Souheil Ben-Barka, the Nicaraguan-Cuban-Mexican-Costa Rican ...

References

External links

* 1983 films 1983 drama films Brazilian drama films Films shot in Rio de Janeiro (city) Films shot in Sergipe 1980s Portuguese-language films Best Picture APCA Award winners 1983 directorial debut films 1980s Brazilian films Portuguese-language drama films {{1980s-drama-film-stub