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Franca is a large city in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, located at 20º32'19"S; 47º24'03'W at 1040 m altitude, founded in 1805 . Estimated population in 2008 was 327,176 inhabitants. Franca is the municipal seat of Franca municipality.
The history of the region of Franca begins at the time of the Bandeirantes explorers. The bandeira or entrada of Anhangüera (the son) in 1722 established the “way of Goiás,” a trail from São Paulo to the gold mines in Goiás. Along this and other trails settlements were made, becoming the so-called "landings" or way-stations for the gold seekers. Franca was known at the time of the Bandeirantes as the “catfish landing.”
At the end of the 18th century, settlers had dispersed into the region in several of these landings. In 1779, around 1000 people lived in the area around Franca . To better organize the settlement, a Decree Company was created and the Portuguese Captain Manoel de Almeida was put in charge. At the beginning of the 19th century, the sons of Manoel de Almeida (Antonio Antunes de Almeida and Vicente Ferreira de Almeida) donated lands for the construction of a chapel, which in turn was blessed by the priest Joaquin Martins Rodrigues. With the decline of mining activity in Minas Gerais and Goiás, more settlers migrated to the "Belo Sertão do Rio Pardo" (beautiful valley of the Pardo River), under the sponsorship of the governador of São Paulo, Antônio José de Franca e Horta, after whom the city and municipality are named.
Actors: Pierfrancesco Favino (actor), Riccardo Tozzi (producer), Giovanni Stabilini (producer), Patrizio Marone (editor), Marco Chimenz (producer), Joshua Berman (miscellaneous crew), Marco Giallini (actor), Melissa Strizzi (miscellaneous crew), Clemence Forestier (miscellaneous crew), Erica Negri (miscellaneous crew), Filippo Nigro (actor), Tommaso Vozzi (miscellaneous crew), Fabio Massimo Cacciatori (producer), Paolo Giovannucci (actor), Giorgio Marchesi (actor),
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,Actors: Rolly Serrano (actor), Gabriel Goity (actor), Fernando Sokolowicz (producer), Sebastian Aloi (producer), Fabián Vena (actor), Martín Seefeld (actor), Gabriel Molinelli (actor), Mariana Briski (actress), Sergio Teubal (director), Mara Santucho (actress), Mariana Fonseca (producer), Alejandro Pérez (actor), Carina Catelli (writer), Hervé Segata (actor), Alejandro Ramos (actor),
Plot: In the tradition of O' Brother Where Art Thou and the Irish Waking Ned, and set in a wonderfully photographic, Southamerican environment comes this comedy. Hilarious characters pulling together to make a dream come true, our hero's index finger is the excuse that drives the villagers to discover a murder, turn around the election to the town's mayor, renew their Christian's faith, build new love relationships. In other words wake up the quiet Latin American town of Cerro Colorado. Who knows where these people will get with the help of the magic finger?.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Dino Castelli (actor), Alessandro Molinari (composer), Galatea Ranzi (actress), Fulvio Falzarano (actor), Gordana Miletic (actress), Patrizia Ceresani (editor), Rean Mazzone (producer), Vitaliano Trevisan (actor), Monica Rapetti (writer), Viviana Di Bert (actress), Tony Allotta (actor), Alessandra Battisti (actress), Paolo Summaria (actor), Erminia Palmieri (costume designer), Jean Sarto (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Raffaele Pisu (actor), Rolando Colla (director), Rolando Colla (writer), Kamal Musale (editor), Enzo Iacchetti (actor), Silvana Bosi (actress), Franco Ravera (actor), Orsetta De Rossi (actress), Stefano Tummolini (writer), Elena Pedrazzoli (producer), Giuseppe Antignati (actor), Gianluca Grecchi (actor), Claudio Castrogiovanni (actor), Antonio Merone (actor), Diego Gaffuri (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Fabian Adibe (actor), Desmond Elliot (actor), Clem Ohameze (actor), Geraldine Ekeocha (actress), Ngozi Ezeonu (actress), Uche Jombo (actress), Afam Okereke (writer), Afam Okereke (director), Linus Akubuilo (editor), Mary Igwe (miscellaneous crew), Tony Nwatu (producer), Tony Nwatu (producer), Okey Justice (composer), Nonye Okechukwu (costume designer), Chuma Ajoku (producer),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Sergio Martino (producer), Luca Montanari (editor), Manrico Gammarota (actor), Carmen Giardina (actress), Andrea Morricone (composer), Carlo Corbellini (actor), Carolina Felline (actress), Monica Fiorentini (actress), Federica Martino (writer), Alessandro Bentivegna (costume designer), Federica Martino (director), Elena Bonelli (actress), Eleonora Materazzo (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Jean-Luc Godard (actor), Jean-Pierre Aumont (actor), Jean-Pierre Aumont (actor), Jean-Claude Brialy (actor), Jean-Claude Brialy (actor), Charles Aznavour (actor), Charles Aznavour (actor), Jean Cocteau (actor), Charles Denner (actor), Charles Denner (actor), Gérard Depardieu (actor), Gérard Depardieu (actor), Henri Garcin (actor), Henri Garcin (actor), Jean-Pierre Léaud (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Witold Pyrkosz (actor), Gustaw Lutkiewicz (actor), Zdzislaw Maklakiewicz (actor), Stanislaw Michalski (actor), Henryk Bista (actor), Emilia Krakowska (actress), Zbigniew Józefowicz (actor), Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska (actress), Aleksander Scibor-Rylski (writer), Dorota Stalinska (actress), Adam Mularczyk (actor), Tadeusz Gwiazdowski (actor), Krystyna Borowicz (actress), Zygmunt Hubner (director), Lech Skolimowski (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Luca Sabatelli (costume designer), John Stacy (actor), Delia Boccardo (actress), Florinda Bolkan (actress), Silvia Dionisio (actress), Mario Cecchi Gori (producer), Adolfo Celi (actor), Geoffrey Copleston (actor), Marino Masé (actor), Franco Nero (actor), Renzo Palmer (actor), Laura Antonelli (actress), Roberto Bisacco (actor), Bruno Altissimi (miscellaneous crew), Marcello Malvestito (editor),
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Edoardo Toniolo (actor), Lilla Brignone (actress), Lia Zoppelli (actress), Ermanno Roveri (actor), Carlo Dapporto (actor), Roberto Villa (actor), Antonio Gandusio (actor), Carlo Borghesio (director), Federico Collino (actor), Gino Ravazzini (actor), Luigi Giacosi (writer), Mario Pucci (actor), Delizzia Pezzinga (actress), Anna Maria Zuti (actress), Wando Acerbi (actor),
Genres: Drama,