Lula: Son of Brazil
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Fabio Barreto
Gloria Pires
Felipe Falanga
Celso Frateschi
Clayton Mariano
Maria Teixeira
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Portrait of Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's early years. Chronicles his family's immigration from Northeast Brazil to Sao Paulo, his years as a shoeshine boy and his brother's arrest which drove him into trade union activism, climaxing in Lula's heading Brazil's trade union movement and incarceration, just as his mother dies.
Director
Fabio Barreto
Cast
Gloria Pires
Felipe Falanga
Celso Frateschi
Clayton Mariano
Maria Teixeira
Luccas Papp
Antonio Pitanga
Eduardo Acaibe
Marcos Cesana
Vanessa Bizarro
Juliana Baroni
Ney Piacentini
Guilherme Tortolio
Rayana Carvalho
Milhem Cortaz
Lucelia Santos
Jonas Melo
Fernanda Laranjeira
Rui Ricardo Diaz
Maicon Goueveia
Sostenes Vidal
Fernando Alves Pinto
Marat Descartes
Cleo Pires
Antonio Saboia
Crew
Fabio Barreto
Luiz Carlos Barreto
Paula Barreto
Fernando Bonassi
Clovis Bueno
Cristina Camargo
Cibele Santa Cruz
Tish Giffoni
Gustavo Hadba
Alessandro Laroca
Cristiano Maciel
Romulo Marinho Jr.
Jacques Morelenbaum
Denise Parana
Denise Parana
Sergio Penna
Antonio Pinto
Marcelo Santiago
Daniel Tendler
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States Winter January 13, 2012
Released in United States 2011
Based on the book "Lula: O Filho Do Brasil" by Denise Parana; published by Editora Fundacao Perseu Abramo in 2002.
Limited Release in United States Winter January 13, 2012 (New York City)
Released in United States 2011 (Brazilian Film Reception/Awards Buzz : Best Foreign Language Film )
