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The Burning Season

1994, Movie, NR, 127 mins

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A biopic of Brazilian labor/environmental activist Chico Mendes, this was produced for HBO cable television, with all the attendant flaws and virtues of a nobility-juiced feature. As a child Mendes witnessed his father and fellow rubber-tappers stand by as a union organizer burned to death at the hands of federal soldiers. Determined to make a better future for his people, adult Chico (Raul Julia) works closely with labor leader Wilson Pinheiro (Edward James Olmos), whose a... read more leave a comment
Year: 1994
Rated NR

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Raul Julia: Chico Mendes
Sonia Braga: Regina
Carmen Argenziano: Alfredo Sezero
Nigel Havers: Steven Kaye
Luis Guzman: Estate Boss
Tomas Milian: Darli Alves

 

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