Xica
Move over Evita, it’s Xica’s time now!
Rating: 7.0 out of 10TMDB(22 votes)
Overview
The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributes" in order to get power.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1977)
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Music
Music by Jorge Ben
Details
- Director
- Writers
- João Felício dos SantosNovel
- Carlos DieguesWriter
- Antonio CalladoWriter
- Original title
- Xica da Silva
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 6, 1976
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil
Cast
Zezé MottaXica da Silva
Walmor ChagasComendador João Fernandes
Altair LimaIntendente
Elke MaravilhaHortência
Stepan NercessianJosé
Rodolfo ArenaSargento-Mor
José WilkerConde Valadares
Marcus ViníciusTeodoro- João Felício dos SantosPadre
- Dara KocyZefina
- Adalberto SilvaCabeça
- Julio MackenzieRaimundo
- Beto LeãoMathias
- Luis MottaTaverneiro
Paulo PadilhaOurives- Baby ConceiçãoFigena
- Iara JatiTonha
- Luis FelipeMajor
- Alberto PatuGarimpeiro
- Derly BarbosaTropeiro
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