Two Sons of Francisco

Two Sons of Francisco
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Directed by	Breno Silveira
Written by	Patrícia Andrade Carolina Kotscho
Starring	Márcio Kieling Thiago Mendonça Ângelo Antônio
Music by	Caetano Veloso (songs) Guto Graça Melo (score)
Edited by	Vicente Kubrusly
Distributed by	Conspiração 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
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese
Budget	R$ 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. 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

• Márcio Kieling as Zezé di Camargo
• Thiago Mendonça as Luciano Camargo
• Ângelo Antônio as Seu Francisco Camargo
• Dira Paes as D. Helena Camargo
• Paloma Duarte as Zilú
• José Dumont as Miranda
• Dáblio Moreira as Zezé di Camargo (child)
• Wigor Lima as Luciano (child)
• Marcos Henrique as Emival
• Maria Flor as Solange
• Natália Lage as Cleide
• Jackson Antunes as Zé do Fole
• Pedro as Leonardo
• Thiago as Leandro

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.

Awards and nominations

• Havana Film Festival

Audience Award for Best Film – Breno Silveira (won)

• Young Artist Awards

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

• List of submissions to the 78th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

External links

• Two Sons of Francisco at IMDb
• Two Sons of Francisco at Rotten Tomatoes