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The political game without marked cards - Entranced Earth
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Title: Entranced Earth

Release Date: 2 May 1967

Runtime: 1h 48m

Genre: Drama

Director: Mapa Filmes, Difilm

Production Companies: Mapa Filmes, Difilm

Overview: Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.

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Average Vote: 7.283 (115 votes)

Cast

  • Paulo Martins: Jardel Filho
  • Porfírio Diaz: Paulo Autran
  • Felipe Vieira: José Lewgoy
  • Sara: Glauce Rocha
  • Don Julio Fuentes: Paulo Gracindo
  • Álvaro: Hugo Carvana
  • Silvia: Danuza Leão
  • Padre Gil: Jofre Soares
  • Senador: Modesto de Souza
  • Aldo: Francisco Milani
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