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Iracema (1949)

Iracema poster
Directed by
Gino Talamo
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Brazil
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A love story unfolds between a Portuguese colonist and a Native American woman in colonial Brazil. Their relationship is shaped by the clash of their cultures.

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What happens

Iracema is a 1949 Brazilian historical drama film directed by Vittorio Cardineli and Gino Talamo and starring Ilka Soares, Mário Brasini and Luís Tito. The film is an adaptation of José de Alencar's 1865 novel of the same title. The story is set against the early contacts between European and Native Americans in what became Brazil. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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