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Friendly Beast

Friendly Beast

20186.51h 38m

Overview

A restaurant owner going over the edge when an armed robbery is attempted at his establishment. He holds everyone captive at gunpoint – criminals and customers alike – and situations corrode into a nightmare state, guided by manipulation and raw compulsion.

Directed by Gabriela Amaral Almeida
Written by Gabriela Amaral Almeida
Produced by Rodrigo Teixeira
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Top Cast

Murilo Benício

Murilo Benício

Inácio

Luciana Paes

Luciana Paes

Sara

Irandhir Santos

Irandhir Santos

Djair

Camila Morgado

Camila Morgado

Veronica

Jiddú Pinheiro

Jiddú Pinheiro

Bruno

Ernani Moraes

Ernani Moraes

Amadeu

Humberto Carrão

Humberto Carrão

Magno

Ariclenes Barroso

Ariclenes Barroso

Nuno

Eduardo Gomes

Eduardo Gomes

Jura

T

Thais Aguiar

Ana

Themes & Keywords

affectationgravehardangryaggressivefranticphilosophicalanxiousclinicalabsurdcriticalhilariousintenseadmiringadoringambiguousambivalentamusedapprovingarrogantassertiveaudaciousauthoritarianawestruckbaffledcallouscelebratorycomplicateddefiantharsh

About Friendly Beast

Friendly Beast is a thriller, horror, crime film released in 2018 exploring themes of affectation, grave, hard, angry, aggressive, frantic. Directed by Gabriela Amaral Almeida, it stars Murilo Benício, Luciana Paes, Irandhir Santos. A restaurant owner going over the edge when an armed robbery is attempted at his establishment. He holds everyone captive at gunpoint – criminals and customers alike – and situations corrode into a nightmare state, guided by manipulation and raw compulsion.

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