Tenda dos Milagres is a 1977 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, based on the novel of the same name by Jorge Amado. Starring Hugo Carvana, Sonia Dias and Severino Dada, it exposes and satirizes racism in Brazilian society—the most notable example being a flashback scene where Brazilians are shown listening with approving interest to Nazi race theories in the late 1930s. Tenda dos Milagres was shot in Salvador, Bahia.
Cast
Hugo Carvana as Fausto Pena
Sonia Dias as Anna Mercedes
Anecy Rocha as Dr. Edelweiss
Franca Teixeira
Mae Mirinha do Portao
Juárez Paraíso as Pedro Archanjo
Jards Macalé as Young Pedro
Jehova De Carvalho as Major Damiao
Manoel do Bonfim as Lidia Corro
Nildo Parente as Prof. Nilo Argolo
Reception
It won the Best Film Award and Best Score Award, and dos Santos won the Best Director Award and Dias won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 10th Festival de Brasília. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
See also
List of submissions to the 50th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film