Caramuru: The Invention of Brazil

2001 · 85 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 1,548 VOTES · DIR. Guel Arraes

Caramuru: The Invention of Brazil poster

Overview

Diogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica and his two daughters, Paraguaçu and Moema. They call him Caramuru and together they engage in a happy love triangle. But the chance to return to Portugal arises, and it is clear this amoral arrangement cannot last.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,409 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 CARAMURU, BRAZIL REINVENTED
00:04:21 Pardon me. One of the guards said Don Jaime would be...
00:07:10 Ah! Whales. Great Blue Whales, maybe some sea monsters...
00:10:39 I almost didn't recognize her with hair!
00:14:07 I've passed the Cape Verde... the glory of the great explorers...
00:17:54 I fled with the map the second I saw the guards.
00:21:26 Animal protein. Roaches have iron and potassium.
00:24:34 -So? -I almost lost what was left...
00:31:02 Do you know what the parrot told the Portuguese?
00:34:38 And the next thousand will be with you.
00:38:34 -Paraguacu? -No, Moema.
00:42:41 Caramuru! Caramuru! Caramuru!
00:45:42 -What about us? -You don't.
00:48:43 Your wives have to tend to the stranger.
00:52:00 -Let's go? -Let's go.
00:55:30 I need clothes.
01:01:36 And I'll do it all again, just to be with you!
01:04:43 Everything fits in a book, if you write it.
01:08:01 What's that?
01:11:21 The first one bites.
01:14:57 To marry Diogo and write a book.
01:18:26 Please! Don't tell me you fell for the old Indian tales of Eldorado?
01:22:02 French, Spanish, Italian.
01:25:16 Their story is just beginning...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,409
Dialogue density16.6 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:25:16

Production Record

DirectorGuel Arraes
LanguagePortuguese
IMDb votes1,548