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10 great Cinema Novo films

Cinema Novo was Brazil’s New Wave, a revolutionary body of films that reinvented Brazilian moviemaking via revolt, politics and radical style – with an impact that was felt around the world.

By Tiago de Luca

10 great Cinema Novo films
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