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País do Desejo
País do Desejo is a 2012 drama film co-written and directed by Paulo Caldas.[1] The film premiered at the 35th São Paulo International Film Festival.[2] The film is based on a 2009 real-life case in which a 9-year-old Brazilian girl became pregnant after years of sexual abuse committed by her stepfather. As the pregnancy was the result of a rape and represented a risk to the girl's life, she underwent an abortion, as is provided for under Brazilian law.[3] The story is told from the center of the crisis of a Catholic priest that is positioned against the decision of the Archbishop of the Church to excommunicate the mother, the girl, and the doctors involved in the abortion.[3] PlotThe film tells the story of Roberta, a famous classical pianist who faces a tough battle against severe kidney disease, and José, a somewhat unconventional priest, which supports a 12-year-old girl raped by her uncle and pregnant with twins, to have an abortion.[4] The fate of the two characters crosses when Roberta faints at a concert and is hospitalized in a local clinic, belonging to the brother of the priest. Gradually, he is interested by the pianist, and that love will change their destiny in many ways.[2] Cast
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