| Deus é Brasileiro | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carlos Diegues |
| Produced by | Tereza Gonzalez Renata Almeida Magalhães |
| Written by | João Emanuel Carneiro Carlos Diegues Renata Almeida Magalhães João Ubaldo Ribeiro |
| Starring | Antônio Fagundes Wagner Moura |
| Music by | Chico Neves Hermano Vianna |
| Cinematography | Affonso Beato |
| Editing by | Sérgio Mekler |
| Distributed by | Columbia TriStar |
| Release date(s) | January 31, 2003 |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Deus é Brasileiro (God is Brazilian) is a 2003 Brazilian comedy film directed and co-written by Carlos Diegues and based on a story by João Ubaldo Ribeiro. In the film, God, portrayed by Antônio Fagundes, decides to take a vacation and heads to northeastern Brazil to find a saint as a replacement.
Taoca, a part-time fisherman and small-time con artist, finds a man holding on to a buoy in the middle of the ocean. The man claims he is God, but Taoca doesn't believe him until he performs some miracles.
It seems God has decided to take a break and is searching for someone to temporarily take over. With Taoca, God travels the country in hopes of finding a new saint who is fit for the job. Along the way, they meet a woman, Madá, who joins the two in hopes they will take her to São Paulo, where her mother has died.
Eventually, the trio comes across a young man who appears to have the right qualifications, except he has no belief in a higher power.