A Primeira Missa ou Tristes Tropeços, Enganos e Urucum

On set, in the middle of the Atlantic Forest, a stressed film director begins another day of filming, reproducing the celebration of the first mass in Brazil. Suddenly three strange agents emerge from the forest and abruptly interrupt the scene. Authoritarians, they confiscate the filmed negatives. The paranoid director grumbles: "Are they from the government?". The execution of the film is compromised. Will the director in trouble be able to complete his film?

Cast

Dagoberto Feliz

as Diretor

Fernanda Montenegro

as Nossa Senhora

Alessandra Maestrini

as Sônia Duarte

Rui Unas

as Pero Vaz de Caminha

Marcantonio Del Carlo

as Pedro Álvares Cabral

Rosa Grobman

as Juciara Tamoyo

Wagner Molina

as Ubirajara

Oscar Magrini

as Produtor

Xuxa Lopes

as Índia

Beto Coville

as Frei Henrique de Coimbra

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