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Bufo & Spallanzani

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Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten years later, now as a successful writer, similar characters possibly using Bufo Marinus reappear and create an intricate plot full of surprises.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2001-08-31

Runtime: 101 mins

Director: Flávio R. Tambellini

Spoken language: Português

Genres: Crime, Mystery

Original title: Bufo & Spallanzani

Production Companies: Conspiração Filmes, Ravina Filmes, Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas

Production Countries: Brazil

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