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Heleno (2011)
Directed by José Henrique Fonseca
Overview
José Henrique Fonseca crafts an ambitious and long overdue homage to a central icon in Brazil’s 20th century history. Reminiscent of film noir classics, the biopic tells the glorious and tragic story of the legendary football striker Heleno de Freitas. The sumptuous black and white cinematography reflects the chic life of Rio de Janeiro in the 1940s as it fell under the spell of sports royalty. Heleno was no doubt one of the most popular players of his time for his bravura in the field and magnificent goal-scoring that lead the Botafogo team to the top and himself into a vicious downward spiral.
Rated R | Length 116 minutes
Actors
Rodrigo Santoro | Alinne Moraes | Angie Cepeda | Erom Cordeiro | Mauricio Tizumba | Duda Ribeiro | Orã Figueiredo | Jean Pierre Noher | Othon Bastos | Herson Capri | Juliana Lohmann | Luka Ribeiro | Ernani Moraes | Priscila Assum | Laila Zaid | Fernando Caruso | Gregório Duvivier | Marcelo Adnet | Rafael Queiroga | Cândido Damm | Duda Monteiro | Augusto Madeira | Edgar Amorim | Bel García | Renata Castro Barbosa | Flávio Pardal | Gilberto Miranda | Adalton Barbosa | Antonio José Rocha | Diogo Rezende Pereira | Ismael dos Santos | José Carlos Correia | José Inácio Junior | Washington Miranda Pereira | Luiz Magnelli | Jayme del Cueto | José Henrique Fonseca | Yashar Zambuzzi | Agles Steib | Edi Botelho | Billy Blanco Jr. | Samir Murad | Marcela Tinti | João Vitor Silva | Cesinha Brunet | Altair Martins | João Carlos Coutinho