Two Sons of Francisco
Brazil poster
Directed byBreno Silveira
Written byPatrícia Andrade
Carolina Kotscho
StarringMárcio Kieling
Thiago Mendonça
Ângelo Antônio
Edited byVicente Kubrusly
Music byCaetano Veloso (songs)
Guto Graça Melo (score)
Distributed byConspiração Filmes
Globo Filmes
Columbia Tristar
Release dates
  • 19 August 2005 (2005-08-19) (Brazil)
  • 13 July 2006 (2006-07-13) (U.S.)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
BudgetR$ 5.9 million

Two Sons of Francisco (Portuguese: Dois Filhos de Francisco) is a 2005 Brazilian drama film about the lives of the musicians Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano, directed by Breno Silveira.

The film was one of Brazil's most successful in the last twenty years and the biggest box office draw of 2005. The film grossed the equivalent of $13 million worldwide, and a total of $8 million in Brazil, a record for Brazilian cinema.[1] The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Until 2008, Dois Filhos de Francisco used to be considered the second biggest audience of a Brazilian film (after the 1976 film Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands). In 2009, the blockbuster Se Eu Fosse Você 2, starring Tony Ramos and Glória Pires, replaced Dois Filhos de Francisco as the second biggest audience among the Brazilian films.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

Two Sons of Francisco has an approval rating of 80% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 5 reviews, and an average rating of 6.7/10.[2]

Awards and nominations

Audience Award for Best Film Breno Silveira (won)
Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performer Marcos Henrique (won, tie)
Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performer Dablio Moreira (won, tie)
Best International Family Feature Film (nominated)

See also

References


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