Bacalhau (film)

Bacalhau
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAdriano Stuart
Written byAdriano Stuart
Starring
Music byBeto Strada[1]
Production
company
Omega Filmes
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Bacalhau (lit. 'Codfish' or 'Cod') is a 1976 Brazilian comedy film written and directed by Adriano Stuart. It is a pornochanchada—or Brazilian sex comedy film—and a parody of the 1975 American thriller film Jaws.[2][3][4] Whereas the plot of Jaws concerns a man-eating great white shark, Bacalhau centers around a killer codfish,[5] known as bacalhau in Portuguese.[6]

Bacalhau stars Hélio Souto [pt], Dionísio Azevedo and Maurício do Valle.

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