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BRAZIL - A Samba for Sherlock
O Xangô de Baker Street

Joaquim de Almeida in person with this Washington-area premiere. Rio, 1886: when the Emperor of Brazil misplaces a priceless violin presented him by a charming baroness not his wife, visiting French actress Sarah Bernhardt [Maria de Medeiros, PULP FICTION, HENRY AND JUNE] advises calling in Sherlock Holmes. Hilarious and thrilling adaptation of the international bestseller by Jo Soares (Brazil's Johnny Carson), with Joaquim de Almeida [24, CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER], impeccably British as the immortal sleuth, sampling cannabis and caipirinhas, finding romance with Letícia Sabatella [DURVAL DISCOS], but exhibiting surprising feet of clay as he tracks a vicious serial killer.

Joaquim de Almeida asistirá al estreno en Washington de este film, que relata una historia de 1886 en Rio de Janeiro. Cuando el emperador del Brasil pierde un violín sin precio, regalo de una baronesa encantadora que no es su esposa, la actriz francesa Sarah Bernhardt [Maria de Medeiros, PULP FICTION, HENRY AND JUNE], que está de visita, aconseja llamar a Sherlock Holmes. Adaptación chistosa y emocionada del bestseller internacional de Jo Soares. Joaquim de Almeida [24, CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER], impecablemente británico en el papel del detective inmortal, prueba la marijuana y los caipirinhas, encuentra romance con Letícia Sabatella [DURVAL DISCOS] y demuestra sorpresivas debilidades humanas en su búsqueda de un asesino vicioso.

   

 

 

 


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