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Estômago: A Gastronomic Story
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Estômago: A Gastronomic Story

2008-04-11 · 113 min · ★ 7.9

Drama · Comedy · Mystery · Crime

In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.

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Directors
Marcos Jorge
Production companies
Indiana Production, Zencrane Filmes
Countries
Brazil, Italy
Status
Released
Budget
USD 536,279

Top Cast

João MiguelJoão MiguelRaimundo Nonato / Alecrim
Fabiula NascimentoFabiula NascimentoIria
Babu SantanaBabu SantanaBujiú
Carlo BrianiCarlo BrianiGiovanni
Zeca CenoviczZeca CenoviczZulmiro
Marco ZenniVagnão
Marcel SzymanskiValtão
Sidy CorreaBoquenga
Alexander SilLino
Rodrigo FerrariniMagrão
Tino VianaGuentaí
Helder SilvaSeqüestro
Andrea FumagalliFrancesco
Lilian MarchioriRita
Flávia StrongolliFlávia StrongolliProstituta
SaravySaravyProstituta
Zilda CarvalhoProstituta
Natasha GandelmanProstituta
Altamar CezarAçougueiro
Débora BeckerDançarina Nightclub

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