My Hindu Friend

Those who still have a dream to fulfill are more likely to survive.

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Diego is a film director who, when he is told that he has a malignant disease which could be fatal, marries his girlfriend of many years, says goodbye to his friends and begins a routine of long days of treatment in hospital. While learning to live with the pain and also conversing with death, he meets a Hindu boy who is a fellow patient and who becomes his friend. But one day the boy disappears. Diego is discharged, but his life has changed forever. His marriage fails and, living alone, he begins to wonder whether he may in fact be dying and no one has told him. He tries to find out what happened to his Hindu friend, and eventually meets another woman.

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Creators

Héctor Babenco

director

Héctor Babenco

writer

Cast

Willem Dafoe actor Maria Fernanda Cândido actor Reynaldo Gianecchini actor Selton Mello actor

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Bárbara Paz actor Guilherme Weber actor Dan Stulbach actor

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Gilda Nomacce actor

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Tuna Dwek actor Tânia Khalill actor Maitê Proença actor Dalton Vigh actor

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Supla actor Ary Fontoura actor

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Rio Adlakha actor Henry Sobel actor

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Charles Paraventi actor

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Clara Choveaux actor

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Charly Braun actor

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Ana Clara Fischer actor