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Two Sons of Francisco

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Two Sons of Francisco(Portuguese:Dois Filhos de Francisco) is a 2005 Braziliandrama filmabout the lives of the musiciansZezé Di Camargo & Luciano,directed byBreno Silveira.

Two Sons of Francisco
Brazil poster
Directed byBreno Silveira
Written byPatrícia Andrade
Carolina Kotscho
StarringMárcio Kieling
Thiago Mendonça
Ângelo Antônio
Edited byVicente Kubrusly
Music byCaetano Veloso(songs)
Guto Graça Melo (score)
Distributed byConspiração Filmes
Globo Filmes
Columbia Tristar
Release dates
  • 19 August 2005(2005-08-19)(Brazil)
  • 13 July 2006(2006-07-13)(U.S.)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
BudgetR$5.9 million

The film was one of Brazil's most successful in the last twenty years and the biggest box office draw of 2005. The film grossed the equivalent of $13 million worldwide, and a total of $8 million in Brazil, a record for Brazilian cinema.[1]The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for theBest Foreign Language Filmat the78th Academy Awards,but it was not nominated.

Until 2008,Dois Filhos de Franciscoused to be considered the second biggest audience of a Brazilian film (after the 1976 filmDona Flor and Her Two Husbands). In 2009, theblockbusterSe Eu Fosse Você 2,starring Tony Ramos andGlória Pires,replacedDois Filhos de Franciscoas the second biggest audience among the Brazilian films.

Plot

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Francisco Camargo is a farmer fromPirenópolis,in the state ofGoiás,that has an apparently impossible dream: turn two of his nine children into asertanejoduo. Initially, he places his hopes in his oldest son, Mirosmar, by giving him a smallaccordionwhen he turns 11 years old. Mirosmar and his brother Emival, who plays the guitar, are successful in the village where they live (Capela do Rio do Peixe, a district of Pirenópolis), but after losing the property where they lived in the 1970s, the family has no option but to move toGoiânia.

Mirosmar and Emival then start to perform at the local bus station, trying to earn some money to help at home. There, they met Miranda, a manager who convinces them and their parents to take them on tour for two weeks under the nameCamargo & Camarguinho,but only return after four months, and Francisco forbids him to take the children on tour again. But after some time, after Miranda shows a change of heart, Francisco agrees to a new, more responsible tour. The brothers are once again successful, performing for big crowds throughout the country. However, a car crash kills Emival, ending the duo's career prematurely.

After almost giving up on the musical career, Mirosmar decides to sing again, now using the artistic name Zezé di Camargo, and moves toSão Paulo.He records a solo album, but has no success. Married and with two daughters, Zezé struggles to make ends meet, and the best he can do is getting other duos to sing his songs. He then finds his brother Welson, who wants to sing with him, and adopts the artistic name Luciano. They record an album, and with the help of their father, they manage to get their song "É o Amor"to the top charts, consolidating the duo's success.

Cast

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Reception

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Critical response

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Two Sons of Franciscohas an approval rating of 80% onreview aggregatorwebsiteRotten Tomatoes,based on 5 reviews, and an average rating of 6.7/10.[2]

Awards and nominations

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Audience Award for Best Film – Breno Silveira (won)
Best Performance in an International Feature Film – Leading Young Performer – Marcos Henrique (won, tie)
Best Performance in an International Feature Film – Leading Young Performer – Dablio Moreira (won, tie)
Best International Family Feature Film (nominated)

See also

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References

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  1. ^Cache ofWirednews story[dead link‍]
  2. ^"Two Sons of Francisco: The True Story of Zeze di Camargo & Luciano".Rotten Tomatoes.
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