Caiçara
7.0
Marina, a beautiful young woman with leprous parents, marries a shipyard owner to escape an institution. She moves to a coastal village, faces gossip, and is assaulted by her husband’s partner. After her husband dies in a boat accident, a handsome sailor arrives, and Marina is blackmailed about her family’s health issues.
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Cast
27 people
Eliane Lage
Marina
Also in
The Landowner's Daughter
Ravina
Abilio Pereira de Almeida
José Amaro
Also in
Terra é Sempre Terra
Independence or Death!
Adolfo Celi
Genovês
Known for
Thunderball
My Friends Act II
Alberto Cavalcanti
Francisco Mignone
Carlos Vergueiro
Manuel
Also in
Roda de Fogo
Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho
Tom Payne
Known for
The Walking Dead
The Physician
Mário Sérgio
Alberto
Also in
Strange Encounter
É Proibido Beijar
John Waterhouse
Ruggero Jacobbi
Zilda Barbosa
Diretora do Orfanato
Also in
Terra é Sempre Terra
Gustavo Nonnenberg
Adolfo Celi Director · Alberto Cavalcanti Screenplay Ruggero Jacobbi Screenplay
First release October 13, 1950 · Produced in Brazil
Production
Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz
Production
Brazil
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Languages
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · October 13, 1950
Premiere · São Paulo
Brazil · October 26, 1950
Theatrical · São Paulo
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
September 27, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Brasileira (Retrospectiva "O Brasileiro Alberto Cavalcanti")
France
April 1, 1951 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Italy
August 1, 1951 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Portugal
September 19, 1952 · Theatrical
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