A Dog's Will

Original title: O Auto da Compadecida

2000
1h 44m

IMDb RATING

8.6/10

20K

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João Grilo and Chicó are two very poor and clever Brazilian Northeasterners who struggle for survival and trick people to get by. After meeting the wealthy Rosinha, both hope to finally strive in life, but their plans are interrupted by the arrival of an outlaw.

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Satire Slapstick Comedy Drama Fantasy

The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people to survive, but their plans are halted when a bandit comes to town.The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people to survive, but their plans are halted when a bandit comes to town.The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people to survive, but their plans are halted when a bandit comes to town.

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IMDb RATING

8.6/10

20K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 10 wins & 10 nominations total

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Storyline

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Trivia
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd, which has lead to much controversy and debate among the Letterboxd community.

Quotes
Chicó: I do not know, i just know that was this way.

Connections
Edited from O Auto da Compadecida (1999)

Soundtracks
Caboclos de Orubá
Written by Sá Grama
Performed by Sérgio Campelo, Gilberto Campello, Jônatas Zacarias, Antônio Barreto,
Frederica Burgeois, Cláudio Moura, Fábio Delicato, Neide Alves and Thiago Fournier
Arranged and Produced by Sá Grama

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Featured review

10/10

This movie is about survival

O Auto da compadecida is comedy about survival, we saw the things through the eyes of João and Chicó, both of them represent a great part of a invisible Brazil, poor and simple people that do everything to survive, we saw that even in the poor places there will have a huge social inequality. To survive this people even have to fool the Devil.