Triste Trópico (1974)
• January 1st, 1974 • 1h 17min
Documentary
Overview
In this "fake documentary", a doctor returns to Brazil after his studies in Paris. Setting out to practice Medicine, he becomes an indigenous messiah and, in time, a cannibal.
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