Macunaima
Year: 1969
Runtime: 110 mins
Language: Portuguese
Director: Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Born as an adult black man in a remote Brazilian jungle village, Macunaíma magically transforms into a white man and travels to São Paulo. In the city he becomes a dandy, falls for the revolutionary Ci, who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing an industrialist, he returns to his village to find his knowledge and riches of little use.
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