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This film is deeply steeped in Brazilian culture, which may make it inaccessible to some. It's based on a play by Ariano Suassuna, who made his life's mission to preserve Brazilian culture. If you're put off by the surrealistic religion scenes, keep in mind that this spiritualism…
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A Dog's Will
“Lying with faith is not always a sin.”
84%
Movie
1h 44m
AI Analysis
A Dog's Will (2000) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of A Dog's Will (2000) — a movie tagged as Comedy, Drama, and Fantasy with cozy, funny, and emotional moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise. Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~104 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate A Dog's Will 84% (1,221 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2000-09-15
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- TMDB rating
- 8.4
- TMDB ID
- 40096
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The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, t... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for A Dog's Will is approximately 104 minutes.
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Directors & writers
Cast
Matheus Nachtergaele
João Grilo
Selton Mello
Chicó
Fernanda Montenegro
Compadecida
Rogério Cardoso
Padre João
Denise Fraga
Dora
Diogo Vilela
Eurico
Luís Melo
Diabo
Virginia Cavendish
Rosinha
Bruno Garcia
Vicentão
Enrique Díaz
Joaquim Brejeiro
Maurício Gonçalves
Jesus Cristo / Emanuel
Aramis Trindade
Cabo 70
Marco Nanini
Severino de Aracaju
Paulo Goulart
Major Antônio Moraes
Lima Duarte
Bispo
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This film is deeply steeped in Brazilian culture, which may make it inaccessible to some. It's based on a play by Ariano Suassuna, who made his life's mission to preserve Brazilian culture. If you're put off by the surrealistic religion scenes, keep in mind that this spiritualism was still firmly anchored in Brazil in 2000, along with the mash-up of African beliefs - candomblé. I loved the Laurel-and-Hardy style of comedy. The film was not short on laughs. The actors' comedic timing is spot on. The direction is totally in the style of the 20th century comedic soaps (novelas), which were (and maybe still are) wildly popular there.
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