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Caramelo

2025 · 100 min

A gentle, funny tearjerker about a chef and a stray dog that makes illness feel bearable without softening it.

Directed by: Diego Freitas
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Rafael Vitti, Amendoim, Kelzy Ecard

Overview: After a life-changing diagnosis, a promising chef finds hope and humor with the help of a fur-midable dog friend.

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Directed by: Diego Freitas
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Rafael Vitti, Amendoim, Kelzy Ecard

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: healing
friendship
grief
work
love
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Diego Freitas
Written by: Vitor Brandt, Rod Azevedo, Marcelo Saback, Diego Freitas
Starring: Rafael Vitti, Amendoim, Kelzy Ecard, Arianne Botelho, Bruno Vinicius, Ademara Barros, Carolina Ferraz, Cristina Pereira
Music: Fabio Góes
Cinematography: Kauê Zilli
Runtime: 100 min
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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