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The Wrung-Out Man (1980)

The Wrung-Out Man (1980)

Drama
Release Date: 1980, December 13
Directors: João Batista de Andrade
Countries: Brazil
Production: Secretaria Municipal de Cultura de São Paulo, Secretaria Municipal de Cultura de São Paulo, Embrafilme, Embrafilme, Raiz Produções Cinematográficas, Raiz Produções Cinematográficas
Cast: José Dumont, Dominguinhos, Ruth Escobar

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.

Keywords:

resistance police oppression mistaken identity immigration migration sao paulo, brazil poet