Xica da Silva (1976)

Directed by

Carlos Diegues

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An enslaved woman in 18th century Brazil catches the eye of a wealthy Portuguese landowner and uses her wits to climb into high society. The film follows her clever and audacious rise.

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What happens

Xica (Portuguese: Xica da Silva) is a 1976 Brazilian comedy film directed and written by Carlos Diegues, based on the novel by João Felício dos Santos, which is a romanticized retelling of the true story of Chica da Silva, an 18th-century slave in Brazil, who attracts the attention of a powerful Portuguese land-owner and eventually rises into the Brazilian high society. The movie stars Zezé Motta, Walmor Chagas and José Wilker. It was chosen as the Brazilian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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