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God is Brazilian

Deus É Brasileiro
Carlos Diegues

Before taking a vacation from Earth on a faraway star, God goes on a cross-country quest to find the ideal substitute to assume his enormous responsibilities.

DIRECTOR
Carlos Diegues
YEAR
2002
COUNTRY
Brazil
RUNTIME
110 minutes
LANGUAGE
Portuguese with English Subtitles
FORMAT
HDCam
ORIGINAL TITLE
Deus É Brasileiro
START DATE
April 18, 2013

God (Antônio Fagundes), who has grown fatigued with humans’ perpetual mistakes and terrible choices, determines to take a vacation on a star far, far away from Earth. Before he does, however, he recruits fisherman Taoca (Wagner Moura) as his guide, leading him on a cross-country quest to find the ideal substitute to take over his enormous responsibilities.

God is Brazilian
God is Brazilian
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