Caramuru: Brazil Reinvented

First aired on Nov 9, 2001

Runtime: 85mins

60%

Genres: Comedy, Romance, History

Diogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica and his two daughters, Paraguaçu and Moema. They call him Caramuru and together they engage in a happy love triangle. But the chance to return to Portugal arises, and it is clear this amoral arrangement cannot last.