The Assailant
The Assailant (known as Besouro in Brazil) is a 2009 Brazilian action-drama film directed by João Daniel Tikhomiroff. The film is about Besouro Mangangá, a Brazilian Capoeirista from the early 1920s, to whom were attributed some heroic and legendary deeds.
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| Directed by | João Daniel Tikhomiroff |
| Written by | Patrícia Andrade Bráulio Tavares João Daniel Tikhomiroff |
| Starring | Aílton Carmo Jéssica Barbosa Flávio Rocha Irandhir Santos |
| Cinematography | Enrique Chediak |
| Edited by | Gustavo Giani |
Production company | RT2A Produções Cinematográficas |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Budget | R$10 million[1] |
| Box office | R$3,803,835[2] |
Huan-Chiu Ku, Kill Bill's choreographer, is responsible for the film's fight scenes.[3][4] Its filming lasted three months in Bahia.[5]
Cast
- Aílton Carmo as Besouro
- Sérgio Laurentino as Exu
- Anderson Grillo as Quero-Quero
- Sérgio Pererê as Orixá Ossaim
- Adriana Alves as Oxum
- Jessica Barbosa as Orixá Iansã/Dinorá
- Zebrinha as Orixá Ogum
- Macalé dos Santos as Master Alípio
- Flávio Rocha Coronel Venâncio
- Irandhir Santos as Noca de Antônia
- Geisa Costa as Dona Zulmira
- Miguel Lunardi
- Antônio Fábio as Serafim
- Nilton Júnior as Cobra Criada
- Denise Correia
- Servílio de Holanda as Genival
- Leno Sacramento as Chico Canoa
References
- http://omelete.uol.com.br/cinema/besouro-assista-ao-trailer-da-superproducao-nacional-de-artes-marciais/#.U6Iwi_ldWJI
- "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u639883.shtml
- http://veja.abril.com.br/281009/problemas-decolagem-p-154.shtml
- http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Cinema/0,,MUL1203727-7086,00-SUPERPRODUCAO+NACIONAL+MISTURA+O+TIGRE+E+O+DRAGAO+E+CAPOEIRA+VEJA+O+TRAILER.html
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