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Macunaima

Dir. Joaquim Pedro de Andrade·1969·1h 50m

Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his newly acquired knowledge and possessions of little use.

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Macunaima

Macunaima (1969)

Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

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1h 50m
Cross-source blend ~69/100

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Countries

Brazil

Ratings

TMDB users

6.9/10

89 votes

Rating consensus

69/100 blend

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Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~69/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

Grande Otelo

Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son

Paulo José

White Macunaíma / Macunaíma's mother

Jardel Filho

Venceslau Pietro Pietra

Milton Gonçalves

Jiguê

Dina Sfat

Ci

Rodolfo Arena

Maanape

Joana Fomm

Sofara

Maria do Rosário

Iriqui

Rafael de Carvalho

Caipora

Nazareth Ohana

Zezé Macedo

Thin woman

Wilza Carla

Fat woman

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