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      Xica

      1976 1h 47m Drama Romance Comedy List
      Reviews 75% Audience Score 50+ Ratings A black slave uses her seductive charms to win her freedom and achieve power in 18th-century colonial Brazil. Read More Read Less

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      Bruce McCabe Boston Globe It sings and dances, and it also weeps. It presents the illusion of the randomness and arbitrariness of life and of fate, and that is its genius. Apr 27, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Diegues has a poor sense of mise-en-scène, the acting is decidedly theatrical and nobody cares about the accents (I mean, look at all these Portuguese characters speaking like Brazilians), but still it is quite amusing and funny to see a woman make a man go crazy for her. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Levando em conta a figura apresentada no filme, Xica da Silva é um dos maiores símbolos tupiniquins do poder da sexualidade feminina. No caso, independente de ser uma escrava ou de ser uma rainha dos diamantes, Xica consegue sobressair-se a todos os preconceitos e opressões, tamanha sua graça e lábia. De fato, até o distante público acaba cedendo aos encantos dessa enérgica protagonista - e isso, sem dúvidas, se deve ao enorme talento e carisma da grande Zezé Motta. Válido mencionar o interessante paralelo que pode ser feito entre Xica e o próprio Brasil: ambos sabem efetuar "coisas que só eles conseguem fazer", mas ambos também almejam a liberdade e a igualdade em meio àqueles que os oprimem. No mais, um divertido longa de Cacá Diegues, ainda que se torne eventualmente cansativo devido a alguns excessos. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member A funny and entertaning film, with great acting and direction by Diegues. Xica da Silva presents the story of the clever, ambitious and sexy slave Xica, the title character, in the mid-19th-century, and how she grow in the society in that time, using her body. A good Brazilian film that satirize the prejudice and custom of the time. Fresh. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Great Brazilian movie. I love this classic. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a good movie. A true history that happened in Brasil in century XVIII. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A black slave uses her seductive charms to win her freedom and achieve power in 18th-century colonial Brazil.
      Director
      Carlos Diegues
      Screenwriter
      Carlos Diegues, Joao Felicio dos Santos, Antonio Callado
      Production Co
      Jarbas Barbosa Produções Cinematográficas, Embrafilme, Distrifilmes, Terra Filmes
      Genre
      Drama, Romance, Comedy
      Original Language
      Portuguese (Brazil)
      Runtime
      1h 47m