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This delicious black comedy, set in the jungles of Brazil, tells the story of a French adventurer who tries in vain to be accepted by a tribe of cannibals who has captured him. The tribe treats its prisoner better than you might think. They give him food, his own hut - even a wife. The Frenchman strives to learn the ways of the tribe, hoping to figure out how to avoid his prescribed fate of being the main course of a ceremonial tribal dinner. Originally banned in Brazil and rejected for official competition at the Cannes Film Festival due to "excessive nudity," the film remains a slyly entertaining masterwork of subversive cinema. A classic example of Brazilian Cinema Novo, this film tells a uniquely tongue-in-cheek version of what happened when the Europeans "discovered" America. Full film available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OqbiWanj4E&t=4209s&has_verified=1

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