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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Cast
Carlos Vereza
Bezerra de Menezes
Lúcio Mauro
Spiritist Center Leader
Caio Blat
Military
Paulo Goulart Filho
Military
Nanda Costa
Lady
Ana Rosa
Bezerra de Menezes's sister
B. de Paiva
Dr. Leopoldino
Everaldo Pontes
Soares
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Joe Pimentel
- Writers
- Andréa Bardawill, Luciano Klein
- Languages
- Portuguese
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Joe Pimentel directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Dialogue in Portuguese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Shot for just $2.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 3Earned back only 78% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 4Released 18 years ago.
- 5Carlos Vereza and Lúcio Mauro and Caio Blat carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt1290389 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Costume design
- Diogo Costa
- Makeup / hair
- Amaro Bezerra
- Sound
- Érico Paiva
- Runtime
- 75 min · 1h 15m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2,500,000
- Box office
- $1,948,414
- Return
- 78% of budget
- Original language
- PT
Also by
Joe Pimentel
Key crew
- ProducerSidney Girão
- Co-ProducerHalder Gomes
- ProducerIsabela Veras
- Costume DesignDiogo Costa
- Sound Re-Recording MixerÉrico Paiva
- Script SupervisorIoneide Lima
- Makeup & HairAmaro Bezerra
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- spiritism
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2008-08-29
