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The Dolphin (1987) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1987 · 108 mins · Portuguese
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- Directed by
- Walter Lima Jr.
- Starring
- Dira Paes, Ney Latorraca, Tonico Pereira, Marcos Palmeira, Carlos Alberto Riccelli, Cássia Kis
According to an Amazonian legend, each full‑moon night a Brazilian fishing village receives a visitor called the Dolphin, who can become human and seduce women, earning love but hatred from men. He fathers a child with a fisherman's daughter; even after she marries, he returns, prompting her husband to vow to kill the creature.
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