Xuxa and the Elves

Xuxa and the Elves (2001)

Xuxa e os Duendes

Do you believe in elves?

Kira is a botanist with magical abilities, though the origins of her powers remain unknown to her. Her life takes an unexpected turn when her friend Nanda discovers an elf named Damiz trapped in her room. They soon learn that Damiz is the prince of the elves and has been captured by Gorgon, a greedy executive who seeks to purchase the house where Nanda’s family lives. In order to help defeat Gorgon, Kira decides to venture into the world of the elves, where she uncovers hidden secrets about her past.

Date of release
2001-12-14
TMDB
3.9 / 10 (53)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
Director
Paulo Sérgio de Almeida, Rogério Gomes
Collection
Xuxa and the Elves Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Xuxa e os Duendes is a 2001 Brazilian fantasy musical adventure children's film directed by Paulo Sérgio de Almeida, Rogério Gomes and Márcio Vito with a screenplay by Vivian Perl and Wagner de Assis. Based on personal experiences lived by Brazilian TV host Xuxa Meneghel. It contains in his cast Xuxa Meneghel, Guilherme Karan, Debby Lagranha, Leonardo Cordonis, Gugu Liberato, Ana Maria Braga, Emiliano Queiroz, Angélica, Wanessa Camargo.

Background and production

After an attempt to produce a new children's film was completely abandoned because of problems with Globo Filmes, Xuxa starred in the Xuxa Popstar film which was a box office hit. At the same time, he fulfilled a clause in his contract with Diler & Associados in which he should make two films aimed at the adolescent public and one for the children's public. And so, began to be sketched the new film project of the presenter.

Xuxa wanted to do something different from her two previous films in the cinema: Xuxa Requebra (1999) and Xuxa Popstar (2000). If in these feature films the idea was to bring Planeta Xuxa to the cinema, privileging the musical attractions to the detriment of history, in that it was sought not only to create a more consistent plot, but to create an entire universe, which had its own rules.

In this way, Xuxa tried to follow the trend of the film market at the time: to bet on a fantastic story, mixing the real world with the magical world. However, rather than betting on the fantasy genre, Xuxa wanted something that represented her willingness to retell stories to children. The idea of creating a film based on Duende came after a controversial statement by the host.

Since the film did not fit the musical attractions, the idea was to bring personalities (the vast majority of them non-actors) to the main roles. The meeting of the three Brazilian presenters - Xuxa, Angelica and Eliana: constantly called rivals, the presenters had shown on previous occasions that there was no hostility between them, like the launch of the Hopi Hari park in 1999. The idea was also show that peace in theaters.

The character Gorgon, initially thought of the name of singer Fabio Jr to be the villain of the tape. The role was eventually interpreted by Guilherme Karan, reissuing the battle of good against the evil of Super Xuxa Contra Baixo Astral (1988). The other cast names, such as Leonardo Cordonis (Damiz), Queen Zinga (Ana Maria Braga) Fada Morgana (Luciana Gimenez).

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