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Bossa Nova is a brésilien film of genre Drama directed by Bruno Barreto released in USA on 18 february 2000 with Amy Irving
Bossa Nova (2000)
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Add to a movie listBossa Nova is a 2000 romantic comedy film directed by Bruno Barreto dealing with several interwoven stories about people finding and losing love in Rio de Janeiro. The film stars Amy Irving (Barreto's wife and star of his earlier films A Show of Force, Carried Away, and One Tough Cop) as an English language teacher named Mary Ann.
^ "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2013" (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 35. Archived from the original on June 16, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
Actors
Amy Irving
(Mary Ann Simpson)
Antônio Fagundes
(Pedro Paulo)
Débora Bloch
(Tânia)
Alexandre Borges
(Acácio)
Drica Moraes
(Nadine)
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