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Asa Branca: Um Sonho Brasileiro

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Director
  
Djalma Limongi Batista

Language
  
Portuguese

6/10
IMDb

Country
  
Brazil

Asa Branca: Um Sonho Brasileiro movie poster

Release date
  
1981 (1981) (Brasilia Film Festival) May 24, 1982 (1982-05-24)

Asa Branca: Um Sonho Brasileiro is a 1981 Brazilian drama film directed by Djalma Limongi Batista. Its plot follows the trajectory of Antônio "Asa Branca" dos Reis, a footballer who starts in Mariana do Sul, a fictional city of the interior of São Paulo, until he reaches a FIFA World Cup.

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Cast

  • Edson Celulari as Antônio "Asa Branca" dos Reis
  • Eva Wilma as Asa Branca's mother
  • Walmor Chagas as Isaías
  • Gianfrancesco Guarnieri as Toninho
  • Rita Cadillac as Sylvia
  • Regina Wilker as Cleyse
  • Mira Haar as Sulamitinha "Rita Pavone"
  • Geraldo Del Rey as Asa Branca's father

    • Production

    The filming took place in three months; the first scenes were shot in São Paulo, with the staff moving to Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, and then Rio de Janeiro.

    Reception

    At the 14th Brasília Film Festival Batista won the Best Director Award, Celulari won the Best Actor Award, and Chagas won the Best Supporting Actor Award. Batista and Celulari would win the same awards at the 10th Gramado Film Festival. It also won the Air France Award for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor. It was also entered into the 1982 Three Continents Festival.

    References

    Asa Branca: Um Sonho Brasileiro Wikipedia
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    Asa Branca: Um Sonho Brasileiro IMDb Asa Branca: Um Sonho Brasileiro themoviedb.org