Caramuru: Brazil Reinvented

(2001)Directed by Guel Arraes85 minComedy, Romance, History

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.

Selton Melloas Diogo Álvares, Caramuru
Camila Pitangaas Paraguaçu
Luís Meloas Vasco de Athayde
Tonico Pereiraas Itaparica
Débora Blochas Isabelle
Pedro Paulo Rangelas Dom Jayme
Diogo Vilelaas Heitor
Marco Naninias Narrator