Almost Brothers

Quase Dois Irmãos
Directed by	Lúcia Murat
Produced by	Ailton Franco Jr. Branca Murat
Written by	Paulo Lins Lúcia Murat
Starring	Caco Ciocler Flavio Bauraqui Werner Schünemann Antônio Pompêo
Music by	Nana Vasconcelos
Cinematography	Jacob Solitrenick
Editing by	Mair Tavares
Release date(s)	September 2004 (2004-09) (Festival do Rio BR)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese

Almost Brothers (Portuguese: Quase Dois Irmãos) is a 2004 Brazilian film. It was directed by Lúcia Murat and written by Murat and Paulo Lins.^[1] Switching back and forth in time between the 1970s and the 2000s, the film follows the friendship between a middle-class left-wing political activist and a criminal from Rio de Janeiro's favelas.^[2]

Cast

Caco Ciocler Miguel (1970s)
Flávio Bauraqui - Jorginho (1970s)
Werner Schünemann - Miguel (2000s)
Antônio Pompêo - Jorginho (2000s)
Maria Flor - Juliana
Fernando Alves Pinto - Peninha
Marieta Severo - Helena
Luiz Melodia - Seu Jorge
Brunno Abrahão - Miguel (1950s)
Pablo Ricardo Belo - Jorginho (1950s)
Cristina Aché - Miguel's mother (1970s)
Lúcia Alves - Miguel's mother (2000s)
Márcio Vito
Babu Santana - Pingão
Renato de Souza - Deley^[3]

Notes

^ "Almost Brothers - Cast, Crew, Director, and Awards". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/315394/Almost-Brothers/details. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
^ Holden, Stephen (2005-07-01). "Almost Brothers (2004): Friendship as a Frail Bridge Across the Chasm of Class". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/07/01/movies/01brot.html. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
^ "Almost Brothers - Cast". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/315394/Almost-Brothers/cast. Retrieved 23 November 2009.

External links

Quase Dois Irmãos at the Internet Movie Database