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deborahscheidt
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Cafundó (2005)
A movie that portrays religious miscegenation in Brazil
11 December 2006
One of the most admirable characteristics of Brazilian people, especially in today's turbulent world context, is that religious discord is virtually non-existent here. Brazilians really respect each other's religious choices and although we are called a catholic country, many people actually have a main religion plus a secondary one they sympathize with. This historical account of the birth of a myth depicts such a phenomenon taking place in the interior of the country, soon after the abolition of slavery at the end of the 19th century. João de Camargo, played by Lazaro Ramos, one of the most brilliant actors of the new generation in Brazil, hears a call from above and sets out to build a very peculiar church... By Deborah Scheidt
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