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

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.

comedicwhimsicalplayfulwarmfast-pacedcleverupliftingmood-lifting

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)

Trailer

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