Jorge Amado's story about the ghost of an insatiable Don Juan who comes back to haunt his widow, now remarried to a respectable dullard, somewhat resembles a 1930s Thorne Smith confection, except with a grittier texture to its ambience, its sex play, and its naughty jokes. The authentic sensuousness of the female star, Sonia Braga, shines through the overall coarseness. Directed by Bruno Barreto. (1978) — Duncan Shepherd
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