Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Language
- Portuguese
- Country
- Brazil
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
- In Portuguese — subtitles on.
The story
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.
- based on play or musical
- hilarious
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Matheus Nachtergaele
João Grilo
Selton Mello
Chicó
Fernanda Montenegro
Compadecida
Rogério Cardoso
Padre João
- Denise Fraga — Dora
- Diogo Vilela — Eurico
- Luís Melo — Diabo
- Virginia Cavendish — Rosinha
- Bruno Garcia — Vicentão
- Enrique Díaz — Joaquim Brejeiro
- Maurício Gonçalves — Jesus Cristo / Emanuel
- Aramis Trindade — Cabo 70
- Marco Nanini — Severino de Aracaju
- Paulo Goulart — Major Antônio Moraes
- Lima Duarte — Bispo
- Directed
- Guel Arraes
- Written
- Ariano Suassuna, João Falcão, Adriana Falcão, Guel Arraes
Production
- Rating
- 8.4 / 10 · 1,240 ratings
- Studio
- Lereby Produções, Globo Filmes, Estúdios Globo
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
