Two Sons of Francisco

Two Sons of Francisco
Two Sons of Francisco
	Brazil poster
Directed by	Breno Silveira
Written by	Patrícia Andrade; Carolina Kotscho
Starring	Márcio Kieling; Thiago Mendonça; Ângelo Antônio
Edited by	Vicente Kubrusly
Music by	Caetano Veloso (songs); Guto Graça Melo (score)
Distributed by	Conspiração Filmes; Globo Filmes; Columbia Tristar
Release dates	19 August 2005 (Brazil); 13 July 2006 (U.S.);
Running time	132 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese
Budget	R$5.9 million

Two Sons of Francisco (Portuguese: Dois Filhos de Francisco) is a 2005 Brazilian drama film about the lives of the musicians Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano, directed by Breno Silveira.

The film was one of Brazil's most successful in the last twenty years and the biggest box office draw of 2005. The film grossed the equivalent of $13 million worldwide, and a total of $8 million in Brazil, a record for Brazilian cinema.^[1] The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Until 2008, Dois Filhos de Francisco used to be considered the second biggest audience of a Brazilian film (after the 1976 film Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands). In 2009, the blockbuster Se Eu Fosse Você 2, starring Tony Ramos and Glória Pires, replaced Dois Filhos de Francisco as the second biggest audience among the Brazilian films.

Plot

Francisco Camargo is a farmer from Pirenópolis, in the state of Goiás, that has an apparently impossible dream: turn two of his nine children into a sertanejo duo. Initially, he places his hopes in his oldest son, Mirosmar, by giving him a small accordion when he turns 11 years old. Mirosmar and his brother Emival, who plays the guitar, are successful in the village where they live (Capela do Rio do Peixe, a district of Pirenópolis), but after losing the property where they lived in the 1970s, the family has no option but to move to Goiânia.

Mirosmar and Emival then start to perform at the local bus station, trying to earn some money to help at home. There, they met Miranda, a manager who convinces them and their parents to take them on tour for two weeks under the name Camargo & Camarguinho, but only return after four months, and Francisco forbids him to take the children on tour again. But after some time, after Miranda shows a change of heart, Francisco agrees to a new, more responsible tour. The brothers are once again successful, performing for big crowds throughout the country. However, a car crash kills Emival, ending the duo's career prematurely.

After almost giving up on the musical career, Mirosmar decides to sing again, now using the artistic name Zezé di Camargo, and moves to São Paulo. He records a solo album, but has no success. Married and with two daughters, Zezé struggles to make ends meet, and the best he can do is getting other duos to sing his songs. He then finds his brother Welson, who wants to sing with him, and adopts the artistic name Luciano. They record an album, and with the help of their father, they manage to get their song "É o Amor" to the top charts, consolidating the duo's success.

Cast

Márcio Kieling as Zezé di Camargo
Thiago Mendonça as Luciano Camargo
Ângelo Antônio as Seu Francisco Camargo
Dira Paes as D. Helena Camargo
Paloma Duarte as Zilú
José Dumont as Miranda
Dáblio Moreira as Zezé di Camargo (child)
Wigor Lima as Luciano (child)
Marcos Henrique as Emival
Maria Flor as Solange
Natália Lage as Cleide
Jackson Antunes as Zé do Fole
Pedro as Leonardo
Thiago as Leandro

Reception

Critical response

Two Sons of Francisco has an approval rating of 80% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 5 reviews, and an average rating of 6.7/10.^[2]

Awards and nominations

Havana Film Festival

Audience Award for Best Film – Breno Silveira (won)

Young Artist Awards

Best Performance in an International Feature Film – Leading Young Performer – Marcos Henrique (won, tie)

Best Performance in an International Feature Film – Leading Young Performer – Dablio Moreira (won, tie)

Best International Family Feature Film (nominated)

References

External links

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[1] Cache of Wired news story^{[dead link‍]}

[2] "Two Sons of Francisco: The True Story of Zeze di Camargo & Luciano". Rotten Tomatoes.

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