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The Heirs (1970) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1970 · 110 mins · Portuguese
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- Directed by
- Carlos Diegues
- Starring
- Ferreira Gullar, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Caetano Veloso, Hugo Carvana, Daniel Filho, Nara Leão
Tracing Brazil’s turbulent 20th‑century saga, the film moves from the iconic singer Carmen Miranda to the construction of Brasília, and from Getúlio Vargas’s rise to the birth of television. It uses allegory to portray the nation’s power struggles beginning with the 1930 Revolution and culminating in the advent of TV.
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