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Meu Tio Matou um Cara (2004)

Meu Tio Matou um Cara poster
Directed by
Jorge Furtado
Genre
comedy film
Country
Brazil
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 172 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenager and his two friends investigate when his uncle admits to killing a man. The boy suspects the uncle's story is not completely honest.

comediclightheartedmysterioussuspensefulquirkyyouthfulplayfulwarm

What happens

Meu Tio Matou um Cara (lit. 'My Uncle Killed a Guy') is a 2004 Brazilian crime comedy film co-written and directed by Jorge Furtado. It follows the adventures of 15-year-old Duca (Darlan Cunha) and his two friends after his uncle, Eder (Lázaro Ramos), confesses to his family of having shot a man. However, Duca suspects that his uncle's story about killing his lover's ex-husband in self-defense is not entirely truthful and so sets out to solve the mystery. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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