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Summary
Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- Graphic violence bothers you
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 70GoodWatch 69
Letterboxd · 12 K ratings3.5/5
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 50 min
A typical length for comedies, +10 min on the typical 100
typical 100110Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries
Released
1969
September 3, 1969
57 years ago
Genres
ComedyFantasyAdventureLanguage
Portuguese
Original language
Made in
- Brazil
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesStrong
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 13 more17 people
- Grande OteloBlack Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
- Paulo JoséWhite Macunaíma / Macunaíma's mother
- Jardel FilhoVenceslau Pietro Pietra
- Milton GonçalvesJiguê
- Dina SfatCi
- Rodolfo ArenaMaanape
- Joana FommSofara
- Maria do RosárioIriqui
Rafael de CarvalhoCaipora
Zezé MacedoThin woman
Wilza CarlaFat woman
Myrian MunizVenceslau's wife- MCMaria Clara PelegrinoVenceslau's maid
Hugo CarvanaMan with duck
Guará RodriguesBum
Maria Lúcia DahlIara
Tite de LemosNarrator
Directing · 2
- Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Director, Screenplay, Producer
- Carlos Alberto Prates Correia Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Mário de Andrade Novel
Production · 1
- K.M. Eckstein Executive Producer
Editing · 1
- Eduardo Escorel Editor
Sound · 1
- Juarez Dagoberto Costa Sound
Art · 1
- Anísio Medeiros Art Direction, Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Ronaldo Abreu Makeup Artist
Other crew · 1
- Guido Cosulich Cinematography
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