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Fuscão Preto (1983)

Fuscão Preto poster
Directed by
Jeremias Moreira Filho
Genre
drama film
Country
Brazil
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
12
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man drives an old black Beetle car through small Brazilian towns. The film follows his life tied to the car and popular music of the early 1980s.

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What happens

Fuscão Preto (transl. Black Beetle) is a 1983 Brazilian adventure drama film, written Francisco de Assis and directed by Jeremias Moreira Filho. The film is based on the song "Fuscão Preto" by Atílio Versutti and Mariel and sung by Almir Rogério, was filmed in the cities of Mogi Guaçu, Mogi Mirim and Espírito Santo do Pinhal, all country towns in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The song, released between 1981 and 1982, enjoyed popularity and reached its peak during this period. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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