O Auto da Compadecida (2000)
- Directed by
- Guel Arraes
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Brazil
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- L
- Rating
- 8.4 of 10 from 1,229 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two poor friends get into one misadventure after another in a small Brazilian town. The film blends humor and fantasy as they encounter tricky situations and a mysterious woman who helps them.
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What happens
A Dog's Will (Portuguese: O Auto da Compadecida, lit. 'The Compassionate Woman's Play', the woman being the Virgin Mary) is a 2000 Brazilian fantasy comedy film directed by Guel Arraes, who co-wrote the screenplay with Adriana Falcão and João Falcão. It is based on a similarly named play by Ariano Suassuna, with elements of some other of Suassuna's plays, The Ghost and the Sow and Torture of a Heart. The film stars Matheus Nachtergaele, Selton Mello and Fernanda Montenegro, with Rogério Cardoso, Denise Fraga, Diogo Vilela, Marco Nanini, Lima Duarte and Luís Melo in supporting roles. A sequel, O Auto da Compadecida 2, was released in Brazil on 25 December 2024, with Nachtergaele and Mello reprising their roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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