Tenda dos Milagres (film)
1977 film
- 30 July 1977 (1977-07-30)[1]
Running time
Tenda dos Milagres is a 1977 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Jorge Amado. Starring Hugo Carvana, Sonia Dias and Severino Dada, it exposes and satirizes racism in Brazilian society—the most notable example being a flashback scene where Brazilians are shown listening with approving interest to Nazi race theories in the late 1930s. Tenda dos Milagres was shot in Salvador, Bahia.[1]
Cast
- Hugo Carvana as Fausto Pena
- Sônia Dias as Anna Mercedes
- Anecy Rocha as Dr. Edelweiss
- Franca Teixeira
- Mae Mirinha do Portao
- Juárez Paraíso as Pedro Archanjo
- Jards Macalé as Young Pedro
- Jehova De Carvalho as Major Damiao
- Manoel do Bonfim as Lidia Corro
- Nildo Parente as Prof. Nilo Argolo
Reception
Awards and nominations
It won the Best Film Award and Best Score Award, and dos Santos won the Best Director Award and Dias the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 10th Festival de Brasília.[1][2] It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.[3] The film was also selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[4]
See also
- List of submissions to the 50th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ a b c "Tenda dos Milagres". Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ "Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro - Os Vencedores do Festival" (in Portuguese). Secretaria de Estado de Cultura. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Tenda dos Milagres". imdb.com. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
External links
- Tenda dos Milagres at IMDb
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Films directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Rio 40 Graus (1955)
- Rio Zona Norte (1957)
- Mandacaru Vermelho (1961)
- El justicero (1963)
- Vidas Secas (1963)
- The Golden Mouth (1963)
- Hunger for Love (1968)
- The Alienist (1970)
- How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971)
- Quem é Beta? (1972)
- The Amulet of Ogum (1974)
- Tenda dos Milagres (1973)
- The Highway of Life (1983)
- Memoirs of Prison (1984)
- Jubiabá (1986)
- The Third Bank of the River (1994)
- Raízes do Brasil (2003)
- Brasília 18% (2006)
- The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim (2012)
- A Luz do Tom (2013)
