2 Movies Directed by Cao Hamburger

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-02

Languages:

Portuguese, Yiddish, Hebrew

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (4579 Reviews)

Director:

Cao Hamburger

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Adriana Falcèo (script collaborator)

Claudio Galperin

Cao Hamburger

Brèulio Mantovani

Anna Muylaert

Fullplot:

In 1970, near the World Cup, Daniel Stern and his wife Miriam leaves Belo Horizonte in a hurry and scared with their ten years old son Mauro in their Volkswagen. While traveling to Sèo Paulo, the couple explains Mauro that they will travel on vacation and will leave Mauro with his grandfather Mètel. Daniel promises to return before the first game of the Brazilian National Soccer Team in the Cup. The boy is left in Bom Retiro, a Jewish and Italian neighborhood, and waits for Mètel in front of his apartment. When the next door neighbor Shlomo arrives, he tells the boy that Mètel had just had a heart attack and died. Alone and without knowing where his parents are, the boy is lodged by Shlomo and the Jewish community. Through the young neighbor Hanna, Mauro makes new friends, cheers for the Brazilian team and sees the movement of the police and militaries on the streets while waiting for his parents.

Xingu

Xingu

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-03-14

Languages:

Portuguese, Tupi

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1158 Reviews)

Director:

Cao Hamburger

Cast:

Writer:

Elena Soarez (screenplay)

Cao Hamburger (screenplay)

Anna Muylaert (screenplay)

Cao Hamburger

Fullplot:

In the '40s, three brothers decide to live a great adventure and enlisting in the Roncador-Xingu Expedition, which has a mission to tame the Central Brazil. The Villas Boas brothers: Orlando, 27, Claudius, 25, and Leonardo, 23, engage in a fantastic and incredible saga. Soon start to lead the expedition that opens new paths 1,500 km, navigates over 1,000 miles of unspoilt rivers, opens 19 airfields for airplanes Army, gives rise to the creation of 43 towns and 14 make contact with wild Indian tribes, unknown, as the Xavante, courageous and feared warriors, no casualties on both sides. This adventure allows the Villas Boas brothers the creation of the Xingu National Park, the first major Amerindian reservation in Brazil, the size of Belgium, transforming them into true contemporary heroes .

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