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Bendito Fruto

Country: Brazil, Language: Portuguese, 91 mins

  • Director: Sérgio Goldenberg
  • Writer: Sérgio Goldenberg; Rosane Lima
  • Producer: Claudius Ceccon; Beth Formagini

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An accident involving a flying manhole cover leads to a chance meeting between two childhood friends: a widow and the owner of a beauty parlor. Thus begins an entertaining game of seduction that brings memories and hidden desires to the surface - furtive passions that end up threatening the hairdresser's de facto marriage.


Um acidente com uma tampa de bueiro provoca o reencontro de dois antigos colegas de escola: o cabeleireiro Edgar (Otávio Augusto) e a viúva Virgínia (Vera Holtz). De férias na cidade, Virgínia inicia um divertido jogo de sedução que perturba o casamento não assumido do cabeleireiro com a empregada Maria (Zezeh Barbosa).

O trio passa a viver episódios próximos aos de uma novela com o galã Marcelo Monte (Du Moscovis), acompanhados de perto pelas funcionárias do cabeleireiro, Telma (Lúcia Alves) e Choquita (Camila Pitanga).

Lembranças, desejos ocultos e segredos inconfessáveis vêm à tona quando o filho de Maria (Evandro Machado) retorna ao Brasil.


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Cast & Characters

Otavio Augusto as Edgar;
Zezeh Barbosa as Maria;
Vera Holtz as Virginia;
Lucia Alves as Telma;
Camila Pitanga as Choquita;
Eduardo Moscovis as Marcelo Monte / Cadu;
Evandro Machado as Anderson;
Zelia Barros as Dona Augusta;
Lola Borges as Atriz 2;
Joao Canto as Ator;
Eliezer Correa as Piloto;
Cintia Crespo as Maria;
Carla Cristina as Supervisora;
Enrique Diaz as Aue;
Roberto dos Anjos as Taxista