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Avocado Seed(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-08-08
86%
5 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
Overview:
A Jewish teenager goes to a Catholic school and falls in love with a black Catholic girl.
Languages: English, Portuguese.
Countries:
Brazil
ProductionCompanies:
Amberg Filmes
Banespa
Movie: Avocado Seed
Top 10 Billed Cast
Elliott Gould
Samuel Stern
Talia Shire
Ida Stern
Edward Boggis
Mardoqueu 'Mardo' Stern
Taís Araújo
Ana Cavalcante
Antônio Abujamra
Padre Otero
Cecil Thiré
Cristiano Bonardi
Ewerton de Castro
Padre Atanásio
Paulo Figueiredo
Alberto França
Caio Blat
Pedro Moraes
Mariana Ximenes
Ruth Stern
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Overview
A Jewish teenager goes to a Catholic school and falls in love with a black Catholic girl.
Release Date
1998-08-08
Average
8.6
Rating:
4.3 startsTagline
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