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Mater Dei was the first Brazilian feature film shot entirely in MiniDv. It was, also, one of the first in the world.

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    • Author: Joony
    Pretentious, empty pile of tripe that occupied half a dozen screens for a week back in 2000. Probably wasn't even released on video, so anyone interested - why I have no idea - would probably need to look for it on cable TV around 3am.

    To save face after the movie bombed, the Minardi brothers claimed it was always supposed to be an art-house release for a limited audience. That's probably why they hired popular, talentless soap opera stars for the main parts.

    Screenwriter Diogo Mainardi went as far as using his weekly column in Veja magazine to claim the awful reviews were bought and paid for by his political enemies. He probably didn't realize Veja's own movie critic struggled to say anything positive about Mater Dei.

    Surprisingly, no sequels are planned.
  • Credited cast:
    Fernando Alves Pinto Fernando Alves Pinto
    Luís Bacceli Luís Bacceli
    Gabriel Braga Nunes Gabriel Braga Nunes - Vinícius
    Milhem Cortaz Milhem Cortaz - Segurança
    Carolina Ferraz Carolina Ferraz - Maria
    Romis Ferreira Romis Ferreira
    Celso Frateschi Celso Frateschi
    Débora Lobo Débora Lobo
    Graziella Moretto Graziella Moretto - (as Graziela Moretto)
    Dan Stulbach Dan Stulbach - Diogo (as Dan Filip)
    Tom Zé Tom Zé - Himself
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