How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

Name: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, History
Released: 1971-06-01
Duration: 84 min
Cast: Manfredo Colassanti, Luiz Carlos Lacerda, Lídia Maia dos Santos, Heloísa de Carvalho, Josué Amaral Batista

The beginning of the exploitation of Brazil

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Release Date

6/1/1971

Runtime

84 mins

Genres

Adventure Comedy History

Overview

Brazil, 1594. The Tupinambás natives are friends of the French and their enemies are the Tupiniquins, friends of the Portuguese. A Frenchman is captured by the Tupinambás, and in spite of his trial to convince them that he is French, they believe he is Portuguese. The Frenchman becomes their slave, and maritally lives with Seboipepe.

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Original Language

Portuguese

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A anarchic, carnivalesque inversion of colonial encounter narratives where a European captive is absorbed into indigenous life with satirical flair. This is history told backwards through comedy and provocation.