Xica da Silva

Xica da Silva

Infobox Film
name = Xica da Silva


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director = Walter Avancini
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writer = Walcyr Carrasco
Agripa Vasconcelos
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starring = Taís Araújo
Victor Wagner
Drica Moraes
music = Jorge Ben Jor
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released = 1996
runtime = 107 min.
country = Brazil
language = Portuguese
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imdb_id = 0078512

"Xica da Silva" (also released as "Xica") is a 1996 Brazilian telenovela directed and written by Carlos Diegues. Brazilian novela stars actress Taís Araújo as the title character. Its music score was composed by MPB singer Jorge Ben Jor. The film's plot is based on João Felicio dos Santos' novel "Memórias do Distrito de Diamantina" and was adapted to screen by Antonio Callado and Diegues. Xica, written by Walcyr Carrasco and directed by Walter Avancini was first shown in Brazil from September 1996 to August 1997.

Plot summary

The novella is based on a Brazilian true story, [ [http://www.criola.org.br/nnh_xica_da_silva.htm Negras na História :: Xica da Silva ] ] which tells the story of the 18th century rise of a beautiful and ambitious slave, Xica, who uses her wit and powers of seduction to rise out of poverty and eventually become Empress. Xica is the illegitimate daughter of the town Comendador (commander), the officer appointed by the crown of Portugal in the Brazilian diamond mining town of Tijuco. Unwilling to recognize Xica as his daughter, he tries to get rid of her by selling her into slavery. After the Commendador is sent back to Portugal, a new Commendador comes to town. Later on he buys Xica, sets her free and makes her his lover, giving Xica the power to do whatever she wants, including having slaves of her own, despite having been a slave herself. Xica thinks she has become indestructible until the Commendador is sent home and she is back to where she began, more or less a slave.

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