Bye Bye Brasil (1979)
Release Date: Sep 26, 1980 Wide
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Bye Bye Brazil, the gifted director Carlos Diegues' follow-up to his 1978 Xica da Silva, became one of the most popular and fiscally successful imports of late '70s and early '80s South American cinema. Bye Bye is a muted and low-key ensemble drama about a shabby circus crawling from small town to small town through the Brazilian backwaters. As the curtain rises before us, the circus claims three participants: the slightly scary, medicine-show-like leader, Lorde Cigano (Jose Wilker), who sports
Sep 26, 1980 Wide
Apr 17, 2007
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Cast
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José Wilker
Lorde Cigano -
Betty Faria
Salome -
Fábio Júnior
Cico -
Zaira Zambelli
Dasdo -
Prinicipe Nabor
Swallow -
Emmanoel Cavalcanti
Mayor -
Jofre Soares
Ze da Luz -
Rodolfo Arena
Peasant -
Catalina Bonaki
Widow -
Rinaldo Gines
Indian Chief -
Carlos Kroeber
Driver -
Jose Maria Lima
Assistant -
Oscar Reis
Smuggler -
Marcos Vinicius
Gent -
Marieta Severo
Social Worker -
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Bye Bye Brazil, hellooooo indifferent DVD transfer.
The title suggests closure, yet the film locates a nation very much still in the process of getting to know itself.
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Foreign Titles
- Bye Bye Brésil (FR)
