Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death.
Casts Héctor Babenco, Willem Dafoe, Bárbara Paz, Ana Simonsen, Pedro Simonsen, Chen Lin, Fernanda Montenegro, Paulo José, Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello
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IMDB 6.6 | May , 2024
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IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1896
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IMDB 6 | May , 2024
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IMDB 7.2 | May , 2024
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IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 2016
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IMDB 6.4 | Nov , 2020
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