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During their exploration of central Brazil in 1943, Orlando, Claudio and Leonardo Villas-Bôas encounter the Xingu Indians. Passionately interested by what they discover about the customs and social systems of the cultures they discover, the brothers make a home among them. When half of a village dies of an influenza epidemic, the brothers devote their lives to protecting the Xingu peoples, preserving Xingu culture and to the creation of a Xingu National Park.
By retelling the brothers’ saga, Xingu reveals the struggle to create the Indian park and consequent preservation of an array of different Indian tribes, transforming the Villas-Boas into Brazilian heroes and giving rise to dialogues revolving around chronic problems in Brazil’s history.
Original Release
04/06/2012
US Release
06/06/2012
Cast
Name | Character |
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João Miguel | Claudio Villas Boas |
Felipe Camargo | Orlando Villas Boas |
Caio Blat | Leonardo Villas Boas |
Maiarim Kaiabi | Prepori |
Awakari Tumã Kaiabi | Pionim |
Adana Kambeba | Kaiulu |
Tapaié Waurá | Izaquiri |
Totomai Yawalapiti | Guerreiro Kalapalo |
Maria Flor | Marina |
Augusto Madeira | Noel Nutels |
Directors
Writers
Cao Hamburger, Elena Soarez, Anna Muylaert
Cast
Name | Character |
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João Miguel | Claudio Villas Boas |
Felipe Camargo | Orlando Villas Boas |
Caio Blat | Leonardo Villas Boas |
Maiarim Kaiabi | Prepori |
Awakari Tumã Kaiabi | Pionim |
Adana Kambeba | Kaiulu |
Tapaié Waurá | Izaquiri |
Totomai Yawalapiti | Guerreiro Kalapalo |
Maria Flor | Marina |
Augusto Madeira | Noel Nutels |
Fábio Lago | Bamburra |
Enrique Diaz |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Andrea Barata Ribeiro | Producer |
Bel Berlinck | Producer |
Fernando Meirelles | Producer |
Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues | Producer |