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Directed by | Héctor Babenco |
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Starring | Reginaldo Faria |
Cinematography | Lauro Escorel |
Edited by | Sílvio Renoldi |
Music by | John Neschling |
Production company | H. B. Filmes |
Distributed by | Embrafilme |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese |
Lucio Flavio [1] ( Portuguese: Lúcio Flávio, o Passageiro da Agonia) is a 1977 Brazilian film directed by Héctor Babenco based on the book of the same name by José Louzeiro, who co-wrote the screenplay. It stars Reginaldo Faria as Lúcio Flávio, a famous bandit in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s. [2] Babenco did not want to limit the story to Lúcio Flávio, and stated it was also a film about Esquadrão da Morte, a death squad from the 1960s. [3]
It premiered on November 22, 1977 at the 1st São Paulo International Film Festival, [4] where it was elected the Best Film by the audience. [2] [3] In February 1978, it won the Best Actor (Faria), Best Supporting Actor (Cândido), Best Cinematography and Best Editing awards at the Gramado Film Festival. [5] The film also entered the Taormina Film Fest, [6] where it won the Best Actor Award. [4] It debuted on the commercial circuit with 100 copies, breaking King Kong's 81, on February 27, 1978. [3] [4] As of November 2014, Lucio Flavio was the sixth most-watched Brazilian film with an audience of 5,401,325. [7]