O amigo Dunor

In the 1970s Brazil and much of the rest of Latin America was ruled by military dictatorships O amigo Dunor the friend from the North is not only set during these years of lead it looks as if the film comes directly from that as if the cans of film have only recently been found in someones cellar Marcel a young French writer comes to Brazil to fulfill his childhood dream to get to know exotic Brazil go to the Amazon and write a book about his experiences After his arrival in Rio de Janeiro he quickly makes friends with a group of people working on a crime thriller Stan is the director of this film his wife Carla and her daughter Melissa act in it Julio an Argentine refugee is the scriptwriter This film in the film is about the blind Louis and the handicapped Marta a married couple with many problems in their relationship and with money intercut with the world of Marcel and his new friends IFFR