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CINEMA, ASPIRINS AND VULTURES

Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus

Directed by Marcelo Gomes
Brazil, 2005
Drama
  • 101101 minutes

Synopsis

Northeast Brazil, 1942. Johann, a German who has escaped the war, meets Ranulpho, a Brazilian fleeing the drought that haunts the region. Driving from village to village, they show a film to the inhabitants—who have never before experienced cinema—to sell aspirin, the brand-new miracle medicine.

Synopsis

Northeast Brazil, 1942. Johann, a German who has escaped the war, meets Ranulpho, a Brazilian fleeing the drought that haunts the region. Driving from village to village, they show a film to the inhabitants—who have never before experienced cinema—to sell aspirin, the brand-new miracle medicine.