My Hindu Friend (2016)
Meu Amigo Hindu
Those who still have a dream to fulfill are more likely to survive.
Diego is a film director who, when he is told that he has a malignant disease which could be fatal, marries his girlfriend of many years, says goodbye to his friends and begins a routine of long days of treatment in hospital. While learning to live with the pain and also conversing with death, he meets a Hindu boy who is a fellow patient and who becomes his friend. But one day the boy disappears. Diego is discharged, but his life has changed forever. His marriage fails and, living alone, he begins to wonder whether he may in fact be dying and no one has told him. He tries to find out what happened to his Hindu friend, and eventually meets another woman.
- Date of release
- 2016-03-03
- TMDB
- 4.2 / 10 (33)
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Héctor Babenco
Casting
- Willem Dafoe — Diego Fairman
- Maria Fernanda Cândido — Livia Monteiro Bueno
- Reynaldo Gianecchini — Ricardo Steen
- Selton Mello — Common Man
- Bárbara Paz — Sofia Guerra
- Guilherme Weber — Antonio Fairman
- Dan Stulbach — Marcos
- Gilda Nomacce — Antonio's Wife
- Tuna Dwek — Gabi
- Tania Khalill — Rosemary
- Maitê Proença — Debora
- Dalton Vigh — Dr. Morris
Interesting facts
My Hindu Friend is a 2015 Brazilian drama film, directed and written by Hector Babenco, starring Willem Dafoe, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Bárbara Paz, Selton Mello and Reynaldo Gianecchini.
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