Nov 09, 2001
85 min
Full-HD

Caramuru: The Invention of Brazil (2001)

Diogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica and his two daughters, Paraguaçu and Moema. They call him Caramuru and together they engage in a happy love triangle. But the chance to return to Portugal arises, and it is clear this amoral arrangement cannot last.

Category

Comedy Romance History

Country

Brazil

Companies

Globo Filmes Lereby Produções

Selton Mello

Diogo Álvares, Caramuru

Camila Pitanga

Paraguaçu

Luís Melo

Vasco de Athayde

Tonico Pereira

Itaparica

Deborah Secco

Moema

Débora Bloch

Isabelle

Pedro Paulo Rangel

Dom Jayme

Diogo Vilela

Heitor

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