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Cafundó is a 35 mm color film which blends fact with fiction in the life of João de Camargo, a former black slave (1858-1942, Sorocaba, Brazil) who, in his old age, works miracles and devotes himself to assisting others in order to attain his freedom. João de Camargo represents the genesis of religious and cultural syncretism in Brazil.Read moreLess
Cafundó is a 35 mm color film which blends fact with fiction in the life of João de Camargo, a former black slave (1858-1942, Sorocaba, Brazil) who, in his old age, works miracles and devotes himself to assisting others in order to attain his freedom. João de Camargo represents the genesis of religious and cultural syncretism in Brazil.
The story
Cafundó is a 35 mm color film which blends fact with fiction in the life of João de Camargo, a former black slave (1858-1942, Sorocaba, Brazil) who, in his old age, works miracles and devotes himself to assisting others in order to attain his freedom. João de Camargo represents the genesis of religious and cultural syncretism in Brazil.
Cast & crew
Lázaro RamosJoão de Camargo
Leona CavalliRosário
Leandro FirminoCirino
Alexandre RodriguesNatalino (adult)
Ernani MoraesCoronel João Justino
Luís MeloMonsignor João Soares
Renato ConsorteMinister
Francisco CuocoBishop
Abrahão FarcJudge
Flávio BauraquiExplore the crew
- Director
- Paulo Betti
- Director
- Clovis Bueno
- Writer
- Paulo Betti
- Writer
- Clovis Bueno
- Director of Photography
- José Roberto Eliezer
- Producer
- Paulo Betti
- Producer
- R.A. Gennaro
- Producer
- Virginia W. Moraes
- Editor
- Sérgio Mekler