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Francisco Cuoco is a Actor Brésilien born on 29 november 1933 at São Paulo City (Bresil)
Francisco Cuoco (born November 29, 1933 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actor.
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Cafundó (2005)
, 1h42Directed by Paulo Betti
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Films about religion
Actors Lázaro Ramos, Leona Cavalli, Leandro Firmino, Alexandre Rodrigues, Luís Melo, Francisco Cuoco
Roles Bishop
Rating62%
São Paulo state, 1890s. João (Lázaro Ramos) is a former slave and the son of an Orisha priestess and works as a muleherd for a coronel. One day, he and his close friend Cirino (Leandro Firmino da Hora) decide to leave the farm. João takes his mother to Cafundó, the bastion of Afro-American religion in the vicinity. However, João leaves the community and takes errands to work in menial jobs. He meets a possessed white prostitute named Rosário (Leona Cavalli) and falls in love. Only after an unhappy marriage with Rosário and his mother's demise, João has a series of visions and decides to work as a spiritual leader for Sorocaba. In 1906, he builds a church with help from Cirino and begins to preach his syncretic faith, which is a blend of Orisha worship, veneration of Catholic saints, and eventually Kardecist spiritism.