The Wrung-Out Man

Dec 13, 1980

1h 37m

★ 7.3

Overview

Deraldo, a popular poet from Northeast Brazil, arrives in the capital of São Paulo, making a living only from his poetry and pamphlets. All is well until he is mistaken for a multinational worker who killed the boss at a party where he received the title of symbolic worker.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Secretaria Municipal de Cultura de São Paulo

Embrafilme

Raiz Produções Cinematográficas

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Cast

Deraldo

José Dumont

Célia Maracajá

Barros Freire

Aldo Bueno

Dominguinhos

Vital Farias

Renato Master

Luiz Alberto Pereira

Pedro Sertanejo

Rafael de Carvalho

Ruth Escobar

Ruthinéa de Moraes

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