Director(s): Miguel Faria Jr.
Writer(s): Patrícia Mello, Miguel Faria Jr., Jô Soares (novel)
Actor(s): Joaquim de Almeida, Anthony O’Donnell, Maria de Medeiros, Letícia Sabatella, Cláudia Abreu, Cláudio Marzo, Marcello Antony, Caco Ciocler
Production Co.: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sky Light Cinemas
Country: Brazil, Portugal
Year: 2001
Language and subtitle information: In Portuguese; optional subtitles in Portuguese and English
Format: DVD
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Summary: “Rio de Janeiro, 1886. Actress Sarah Bernhardt performs at the city’s Municipal Theater, captivating the local audience enthralled by French culture. The city is at her feet, and even the Emperor Dom Pedro II comes to pay his respects. He confides a secret to her: the disappearance of a precious Stradivarius violin presented by him to the charming widow Baroness Maria Luiza. The actress suggests he hire her friend, the legendary British detective Sherlock Holmes, to solve the case. Under the heat of the tropical sun, the lives of Holmes and Watson are changed forever, as they find themselves knee-deep in a cultural hodgepodge that includes all the standard Brazilian tourist fare”–IMDb plot summary.
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