It entered the 1996 Festival de Brasília , where it won the Best Film , Best Newcomer Director , Best Art Direction ( Adão Pinheiro ) , Best Supporting Actor ( Aramis Trindade ) awards , and shared the Critic 's Choice Award with '' Um Céu de Estrelas '' . It was released on Brazilian theatres on July 26 , 1997 . It was shown at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival , at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival , at the 1998 Chicago Latino Film Festival , and won the Coral Prize for Bestil Film Poster at the 19th Havana Film Festival . and is considered an important mark in Pernambuco 's cinema industry , being one of the Pernambuco 's first films to be acclaimed by international critics . For example , Deborah Young of '' Variety '' said it " has a deliberately naive look that keeps it fresh , plus amusing dialogue and cast . " She especially praised its " imaginative camera style " as it " uses a quasi-expressionist palette and camera angles "
1997 Cannes Film Festival
1997 Cannes Film Festival
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