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April 1: Colombian mega-trafficker Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía is sentenced to 30 years and five months in prison by the Brazilian Federal Court. [3]April 20: Priest Adelir Antônio de Carli disappears after taking off in a chair attached to a thousand helium balloons, in Paranaguá, Paraná.
The film received a lot of attention in several film festivals, including Vancouver, Sundance, and San Francisco. [5] In 2007, Padilha directed Elite Squad, his first semi-fictional film. The film was a commercial and critical success, seen by more than 11 million people in Brazil, coming in at number 1 in 2007.
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Won the Best Actress Award at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival: Meu Nome Não É Johnny: Mauro Lima: Selton Mello, Cléo Pires, Júlia Lemmertz, Giulio Lopes, Cássia Kiss: Drama: A Mulher do Meu Amigo: Comedy: Mulheres Sexo Verdades Mentiras: Drama: Nome Próprio: Drama: Os Penetras: Rodrigo Santoro: Polaróides Urbanas: Miguel Falabella: Comedy ...
Elite Squad was a box office hit in Brazil and became a cultural phenomenon there. The film won the Golden Bear at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival, but received mixed reviews. Its sequel, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, was released in Brazil on October 8, 2010, and holds industry records in the country for high ticket sales and gross revenue.
2008 in Brazilian politics (1 C) S. 2008 in Brazilian sport (6 C, 9 P) T. ... Pages in category "2008 in Brazil" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 ...
January 17 - The Venezuelan bolívar, as a result of a government decree issued on March 7, 2007, is revalued at a ratio of 1 to 1000 and renamed the Bolívar fuerte (ISO 4217 code: VEF). January 21 - The 30th Dakar Rally is canceled due to international political tension and the murder of four French tourists on December 24, 2007.
The politics of Brazil take place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. The political and administrative organization of Brazil comprises the federal government, the 26 states and a federal district, and the ...