Dona Flor and Her Two HusbandsDona Flor and Her Two Husbands
(1976)
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

A woman in Brazil marries a gambler who takes her money, then a drugstore owner. When her first husband's ghost returns, she must choose.

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Featured in any list of great Brazilian movie classics, 'Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands' combines great direction by Bruno Barreto, an intelligent and erotically-charged script by Jorge Amado, incredible performances by Sônia Braga and José Wilker, and a great soundtrack by Chico Buarque.

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In a small city of Brazil, a woman named Flor marries a man named Vadinho, but once married she finds that he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking and he takes all of her money to gamble. After Vadinho dies, Flor marries Tedoror, the owner of a drugstore. Flor is happy with her new husband but misses the love life with her previous husband. When one day the ghost of Vadhino comes back to peruse her.

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