God Is Brazilian

God Is Brazilian
Directed by	Carlos Diegues
Produced by	Renata Almeida Magalhães
Written by	João Emanuel Carneiro Renata Almeida Magalhães
Screenplay by	Carlos Diegues João Ubaldo Ribeiro
Based on	O Santo que não Acreditava em Deus by João Ubaldo Ribeiro
Starring	Antônio Fagundes Wagner Moura
Music by	Chico Neves Hermano Vianna
Cinematography	Affonso Beato
Edited by	Sérgio Mekler
Production company	Globo Filmes
Distributed by	Columbia TriStar
Release dates	31 January 2003 (2003-01-31)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese
Budget	R$7 million
Box office	R$10,655,438

God Is Brazilian (Portuguese: Deus É Brasileiro) is a 2003 Brazilian comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Carlos Diegues, based on a story by João Ubaldo Ribeiro. In the film, God, portrayed by Antônio Fagundes, decides to take a vacation and heads to northeastern Brazil to find a saint as a replacement.

Plot

Taoca, a part-time fisherman and small-time con artist, finds a man holding on to a buoy in the middle of the ocean. The man claims he is God, but Taoca doesn't believe him until he performs some miracles.

It seems God has decided to take a break and is searching for someone to temporarily take over. With Taoca, God travels the country in hopes of finding a new saint who is fit for the job. Along the way, they meet a woman, Madá, who joins the two in hopes they will take her to São Paulo, where her mother has died.

Eventually, the trio comes across a young man who appears to have the right qualifications, except he has no belief in a higher power.

Cast

• Antônio Fagundes as God
• Wagner Moura as Taoca
• Paloma Duarte as Madá
• Hugo Carvana as Quincas Batalha
• Stepan Nercessian as Baudelé
• Bruce Gomlevsky as Quinca das Mulas
• Castrinho as Goró
• Chico de Assis as Cezão
• Thiago Farias as Messias
• Susana Werner as Senhorita Agá
• Toni Garrido as São Pedro
• Cordel do Fogo Encantado

External links

• Official website
• God Is Brazilian at IMDb
• God Is Brazilian at AllMovie