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4 unusual facts about Bicho de Sete Cabeças


Bicho de Sete Cabeças

The book was recommended for publication by writer Paulo Leminski.

This is a reference to the Hydra from Greek mythology, a notoriously tough beast to slay.

The film paved the ways for new thinking about psychiatric institutions in Brazil which led to a law approved by Congress.

Canto dos Malditos na Terra do Nunca

The name of the band is a double homage: to the book Canto dos Malditos, by Austregésilo Carrano Bueno (which inspired the film Bicho de Sete Cabeças); and to Neverland (Portuguese: A Terra do Nunca) of Peter Pan (by Scottish author J. M. Barrie), an imaginary world where reality and fantasy combine.


Arnaldo Antunes

His compositions have been used in several movies including Blue in the Face, directed by Wayne Wang and Paul Auster; Bicho de Sete Cabeças, directed by Lais Bodanzki; Dois Perdidos Numa Noite Suja, adapted from a novel by Plinio Marcos and directed by José Joffily; and Benjamim, adapted from a novel by Chico Buarque and directed by Monique Gardenberg.


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