Director: Carlos Diegues
Writers: Antonio Callado, Carlos Diegues, João Felicio dos Santos
Actors: Zezé Motta, Walmor Chagas, Altair Lima
Production Co.: Embrafilme, Terra Filmes
Country: Brazil
Year: 1976
Language: In Portuguese with English subtitles.
Format: VHS
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Summary: A diamond rush in the 1700s transformed Brazil’s interior into a place of wealth and excess. In this unrestrained atmosphere, the slave Xica used her iron will and her sexual talent to seduce her way into becoming the unofficial Empress of Brazil. This outrageous comedy is a festive exercise in Brazilian baroque. Based on the historic novel Xica da Silva (1976) by João Felício dos Santos.
