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How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
BRAZIL · 1971

How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

Nelson Pereira dos Santos
indigenous cultures colonial Brazil cultural assimilation survival forbidden romance
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Synopsis

In 1594 Brazil, a frenchman becomes a prisoner of the Tupinambás. While waiting to be executed, the foreigner learns the habits of the indigenous people and joins a woman who tries to help him escape.

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