My Hindu Friend
Diego is a film director who, when he is told that he has a malignant disease which could be fatal, marries his girlfriend of many years, says goodbye to his friends and begins a routine of long days of treatment in hospital. While learning to live with the pain and also conversing with death, he meets a Hindu boy who is a fellow patient and who becomes his friend. But one day the boy disappears. Diego is discharged, but his life has changed forever. His marriage fails and, living alone, he begins to wonder whether he may in fact be dying and no one has told him. He tries to find out what happened to his Hindu friend, and eventually meets another woman.
Cast
Willem Dafoe
as Diego Fairman
Maria Fernanda Cândido
as Livia Monteiro Bueno
Reynaldo Gianecchini
as Ricardo Steen
Selton Mello
as Common Man
Bárbara Paz
as Sofia Guerra
Guilherme Weber
as Antonio Fairman
Dan Stulbach
as Marcos
Gilda Nomacce
as Antonio's Wife
Tuna Dwek
as Gabi
Tania Khalill
as Rosemary
