Bufo & Spallanzani
6.5
Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten years later, now as a successful writer, similar characters possibly using Bufo Marinus reappear and create an intricate plot full of surprises.
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Cast
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José Mayer
Ivan Canabrava / Gustavo Flávio
Known for
In Therapy
Tony Ramos
Guedes
Known for
If I Were You
Land of Desire
Rubem Fonseca
Flávio R. Tambellini
Also in
Moon Over Parador
Savage Capitalism
Arnaldo Borges
Isabel Guéron
Minolta
Also in
Andando nas Nuvens
Twins
Carlos Diegues
Patrícia Melo
Gracindo Júnior
Eugênio Delamare
Known for
King David
Kickboxer 3: The Art of War
Tereza Gonzalez
Zezé Polessa
Zilda
Known for
Brave Woman
Perfect Love
Gracindo Junior
Eugênio Delamare
Flávio R. Tambellini Director · Rubem Fonseca Screenplay Patrícia Melo Screenplay
United States release May 20, 2001 · Produced in Brazil · Production Ravina Filmes, Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas
Production
Conspiração Filmes
Production
Ravina Filmes
Production
Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas
Production
Brazil
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Languages
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Argentina · March 9, 2001
Mar del Plata Film Festival
United States · May 20, 2001
Miami Brazilian Film Festival
Brazil · August 31, 2001
Theatrical
Brazil
August 10, 2001 · Premiere · Festival de Gramado
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