SANGUE MINEIRO (1929) Maury Bueno, Ernani de Paula & Pedro Fantol | Drama | B&W | Classic Film

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Blood of Minas Gerais (Portuguese: Sangue Mineiro) is a 1930 Brazilian silent drama film directed by Humberto Mauro. The film is set around Belo Horizonte, where it was filmed. It was Mauro's final film for the small Phebo Filme company before he moved to the much better funded Cinédia studio in Rio de Janeiro.

Synopsis

The daughter of a millionaire attempts to commit suicide after being spurned by her lover.
In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, in Belo Horizonte, the industrial Sampaio lives in a manor house with his stepdaughter Carmen, who has a sort of engagement with Roberto. Sampaio's daughter Neusa, of same age as Carmen, was sent to a metropolis to have a modern education and returns to Belo Horizonte. In the São João party in the country of Acaba-Mundo, promoted by the traditional Marta, Neusa has a one night stand with Roberto. Carmen witnesses their affair and decides to commit suicide. Meanwhile, Cristovão and his cousin Max decides to go to a cabaret in town instead of staying in the party,. They find Carmen and bring her to Marta's property, where she stays with the family and Tufy, Max's younger brother. Along this period, Cristovão falls in love for Carmen, and she has to decide between the love of the unfaithful Roberto and Cristovão.

Cast & Crew

Maury Bueno as Christovam
Ernani de Paula
Pedro Fantol as Juliano Sampaio
Rosendo Franco as Franco
Adhemar Gonzaga as Carmem's Father
Luiz Guimarães
Augusta Leal as Aunt Marta
Humberto Mauro as Farmer's servant
Nita Ney as Neusa
Carmen Santos as Carmem
Máximo Serrano as Máximo
Elie Sone as Tuty
Luis Soroa as Roberto

Directed by: Humberto Mauro
Written by: Humberto Mauro
Produced by:

Agenor Cortes de Barros
Homero Cortes Domingues
Carmen Santos
Cinematography: Edgar Brasil

Production Company: Phebo Filme

Release Date: 7 January 1930
Running Time: 82 minutes
Country: Brazil
Languages: Silent, with Portuguese intertitles