Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil

1995 film directed by Carla Camurati

6 January 1995 (1995-01-06)^[1]

Running time

100 minutesCountryBrazilLanguagesPortuguese
Spanish
EnglishBox officeR$6.4 million^[2] ($2,773,342)

Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil (Portuguese: Carlota Joaquina, Princesa do Brazil) is a 1995 Brazilian historical comedy film directed and written by Carla Camurati.^[3]^[4] It stars Marieta Severo as Carlota Joaquina, Marco Nanini as Dom João VI and Marcos Palmeira as Dom Pedro I.

The film shows Carlota's efforts to conquer her enemies and become a queen. It tells a summarized tale, mixing history with popular folk traditions, from her childhood until her suicide.

Cast

Marieta Severo as Carlota Joaquina of Spain
Marco Nanini as John VI of Portugal
Ludmila Dayer as Yolanda / young Carlota Joaquina
Maria Fernanda as Maria I of Portugal
Marcos Palmeira as Pedro I of Brazil
Beth Goulart as Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira
Antônio Abujamra as Count of Mata-Porcos
Eliana Fonseca as Custódia
Norton Nascimento as Fernando Leão
Romeu Evaristo as Felisbindo
Bel Kutner as Francisca
Aldo Leite as Francisco José Rufino de Sousa Lobato, viscount of Vila Nova da Rainha
Chris Hieatt as Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford
Maria Ceiça as Gertrudes

References

^ "Carlota Joaquina, Princesa do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
^ "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2012" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 35. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
^ Sandra Brennan (2016). "Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil (1995)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
^ "Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil". The Guardian. Retrieved March 5, 2014.