Tieta of Agreste explained

Tieta do Agreste
Director:	Carlos Diegues
Runtime:	140 minutes
Country:	Brazil
Language:	Portuguese

Tieta of Agreste (Portuguese: '''Tieta do Agreste''') is a 1996 Brazilian comedy film directed by Carlos Diegues.^{[1] [2]} It is based on the novel Tieta by Jorge Amado. The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^{[3] [4]}

Cast

• Sônia Braga as Antonieta "Tieta" Esteves Cantarelli
• Marília Pêra as Perpétua Esteves Batista
  • Anna Cotrim as young Perpétua
• Chico Anysio as Zé Esteves, the Tieta's father
• Cláudia Abreu as Leonora Cantarelli
• Zezé Motta as Carmosina "Carmô"
• Jece Valadão as Commandant Dario
• Harildo Deda as coronel Artur da Tapitanga
• André Valli as Barbozinha
• Heitor Martinez as Ricardo "Cardo" Esteves Batista
• Noélia Marcondes as Tonha
• Patrícia França as Imaculada and young Tieta
• Daniel Filho as Mirko Stephano
• Virginia Rodrigues as singer
• Jorge Amado as narrator

Soundtrack

Tieta do agreste
Type:	Soundtrack
Artist:	Caetano Veloso
Released:	1996
Genre:	Soundtrack
Length:	62:54
Label:	Natasha Records
Producer:	Jaques Morelenbaum

See also

• List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tieta of Agreste . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307174437/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/136837/Tieta/overview . dead . 7 March 2016 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . Sandra Brennan . 2016 . 7 October 2015 .
2. Book: Philip Galinsky. Maracatu Atomico: Tradition, Modernity, and Postmodernity in the Mangue Movement and the "New Music Scene" of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. 16 December 2013. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-136-71728-4. 101. 29 October 2016. 15 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230915022623/https://books.google.com/books?id=Zc1cAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA101. live.
3. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
4. Web site: 39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations . . 13 November 1996 . 5 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/19990209110950/http://www.oscars.org/pressreleases/96.11.13.html . 9 February 1999 . dead .