The Beggars
6.4
“The first comedy of Cinema Novo”
A young female fugitive escapes from a juvenile institution (the Child Assistance Service) and joins a group of poor beggars with the intention of finding a potential partner to marry in order to avoid her return to that place.
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Cast
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Vanja Orico
Known for
Variety Lights
Fábio Sabag
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Killer Fish
Flávio Migliaccio
Known for
India: A Love Story
Entranced Earth
Pedro Ludovico Júnior
Oswaldo Loureiro
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Simão, o Fantasma Trapalhão
João Elias Ribeiro
Andrey Salvador
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Grande Sertão: Veredas
Saint Bernard
Eduardo Coutinho
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Playing
Master, a Building in Copacabana
Oduvaldo Vianna Filho
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The Dare
Um Homem sem Importância
Renato Consorte
Known for
The Man Who Challenged the Devil
The Red Light Bandit
Ruy Guerra
Known for
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
The House of Sand
Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
Also in
Brazilian Portraits: Odete Lara
Flávio Migliaccio Director · Afonso Vianna Cinematographer Ruy Guerra Editor
First release July 1, 1963 · Produced in Brazil · Original title Os Mendigos
Production
Satélite Filmes
Production
Brazil
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Os Mendigos
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Russia · July 1, 1963
Moscow International Film Festival
Brazil · December 21, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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