Devotion

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What would Ogun, the first of the orixs, and Saint Antoine, the kind matchmaker Catholic saint, have in common? Forcibly converted to the Catholic faith, the black African worshiped orix as if he were a saint, all just for the sake of survival.

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Directed by

Sergio Sanz

Starring

Gisele Cossard Omindarewa, M„e Menininha de Oxum, Frei Volney, Frei Neylor, Pai Bira de XangÙ, Gun Jobi, NinÙ D'Oxum, Frei Sandro, Mariza Soares, Beatriz Cat„o