The young and beautiful Dona Florípides (Sonia Braga) is married to Valdomiro, aka Vadinho (José Wilker), a handsome young rakehell who respects none of society's conventions. Dona Flor is populated by an amusing array of proletarian workers and wastrels, poets and frauds. A frequent complaint about film adaptations of Amado's work is that the producers keep the steamy sex angle and drop the politics. The movie was adapted from a popular novel and TV serial by Jorge Amado, a Brazilian writer known for politically progressive, sensual stories, often centering on the provincial town of Bahía. Sex scenes and nudity were as common in the Brazilian cinema as in liberated Italy (think Laura Antonelli), but Braga's class productions stand in a category by themselves. The epitome of Brazilian earthiness, the beautiful and refined Braga upped the standing of sexy stars everywhere. Produced by Luiz Carlos Barreto, Newton Riqueīruno Barreto's spicy Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands became a big international hit of the late 1970s and made a star of its daring leading actress Sonia Braga. Written by Bruno Barreto, Eduardo Coutinho, Leopoldo Serran from a novel by Jorge Amado Original Music Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Francis Hume Starring Sonia Braga, José Wilker, Mauro Mendonça, Dinorah Brillanti ona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos / Street Date Decem/ 29.95
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