Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Cast: Arduíno Colassanti, Ana Maria Magalhães, Eduardo Imbassahy Filho, Gabriel Arcanjo, José Kleber,
Plot: Brazil, 1594. The Tupinambás natives are friends of the French and their enemies are the Tupiniquins, friends of the Portuguese. A Frenchman is captured by the Tupinambás, and in spite of his trial to convince them that he is French, they believe he is Portuguese. The Frenchman becomes their slave, and maritally lives with Seboipepe.
Nelson Pereira dos Santos’ ethnographic satire: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971)
With the recent death of Brazilian filmmaker Nelson Pereira dos Santos, I’ve just re-watched his feature How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971), an ethnographic/historical/satirical depiction of the beginnings of European colonization of […]