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A Certain Captain Rodrigo

1971 · 100 min

A slow, sunlit drift into a small town where a charming stranger's songs and stories quietly unsettle everything.

Overview
A knight, half soldier, half gaudério, dolphinfish hair in the sun, guitar on his back, enters the sleepy town of Santa Fe. Nobody could imagine that this man was also getting into their lives. Singing and drinking was winning the hearts of women and admiration of men. A storyteller of adventures, wars or lies? Based on the book by Erico Verissimo.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • deception
  • memory
  • war
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
adventure, war, history
Directed by
Anselmo Duarte
Written by
Geraldo Queiroz, Geraldo Joanides, Anselmo Duarte, Leopoldo Serran
Starring
Francisco Di Franco, Elza De Castro, Pepita Rodríguez, Newton Prado, Alvaro Alves Pereira, Paixão Cortes, Ronaldo Teixeira, Anita Esbano
Cinematography
Alberto Attili
Runtime
100 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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