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Besouro
2009 · Director: João Daniel Tikhomiroff · BR
What it is about
The legend of the capoeirista Besouro Mangangá in 1920s Bahia, said to be invulnerable.
The fighting in it
Choreography by Huen Chiu Ku from Yuen Woo-ping's team gave the film a Hong Kong dynamic. The spiritual dimension of capoeira and candomblé is taken seriously here, not as folklore.