Movie: Lula, the Son of Brazil

Top 10 Billed Cast

Rui Ricardo Diaz
Rui Ricardo Diaz

Lula

Glória Pires
Glória Pires

Dona Lindu

Cleo
Cléo Pires

Lurdes

Juliana Baroni
Juliana Baroni

Marisa Letícia

Milhem Cortaz
Milhem Cortaz

Aristides

Lucélia Santos
Lucélia Santos

Professora

Antônio Pitanga
Antônio Pitanga

Seu Cristóvão

Celso Frateschi
Celso Frateschi

Seu Álvaro

Marcos Cesana
Marcos Cesana

Cláudio Feitosa

Sóstenes Vidal
Sóstenes Vidal

Ziza

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  • Overview

    The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politicians in Brazilian history.

  • Release Date

    2010-01-01

  • Average

    5.5

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
  • Tagline

    Family man. Militant. Hero. Convict. Savior. Romantic. Legend.

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    Português
  • Keywords

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