O Saci (film)

O Saci
DVD cover.
Directed byRodolfo Nanni
Screenplay byRodolfo Nanni
Story byArthur Neves
Based onO Saci & Sítio do Picapau Amarelo
by Monteiro Lobato
Produced byRodolfo Nanni
Arthur Neves
StarringPaulo Matozinho
Olga Maria
Aristéia Paula de Souza
Lívio Nanni
Maria Rosa Ribeiro
CinematographyRuy Santos
Edited byJosé Cañizares
Music byCláudio Santoro
Production
company
Brasiliense Filme
Distributed byUnida Filmes
Release date
  • 10 September 1953 (1953-09-10)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

O Saci is a 1953 Brazilian children-family fantasy film, directed by Rodolfo Nanni, written by Nanni with a story by Arthur Neves, and based on the novel of same name written by Monteiro Lobato.[1][2] Noted for being the first family film to be ever made in Brazil, it is also the first theatrical Sítio do Picapau Amarelo adaptation. Introducing young actress Olga Maria as Emília and Paulo Matozinho as the title character Saci, it adapts the novel in which Pedrinho (Lívio Nanni) demonstrates interest in capturing the supernatural, one-legged mulatto boy figure, the Saci, inhabiting the nearby virgin forest. Curiously, in 1954 the film won the Saci Award, that rewarded the best films of the decade.[3]

  1. ^ Fundação Maurício Grabois :: O Saci (1951) (Vídeos)
  2. ^ "Saci comemora 60 anos | revistapontocom". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  3. ^ O Saci festeja 60 anos - cultura - versaoimpressa - Estadão