Official selection from Brazil for the 2006 Academy Awards.
Everything that Francisco does in the movie to help his sons is actual fact - even the most bizarre passages, like forcing the kids to swallow raw eggs.
Broke the record of highest-grossing film ever made in Brazil previously held by Lua de Cristal (1990), starred by Xuxa.
Dira Paes's second role of a real life Brazilian mother in a story wherein her son's departure from home is a key plot point, after Pureza (2022). This movie also became a Brazilian contender for the Oscars.
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By what name was Two Sons of Francisco (2005) officially released in Canada in English?
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