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Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica is a 1974 Brazilian Cinema Novo film directed by Jorge Bodanzky and Orlando Senna and very loosely inspired by Iracema: The Legend of Ceará, an 1865 novel by José de Alencar. The film takes place in the state of Pará. The title can refer to a deal or transaction, to the Trans-Amazonian Highway, but also to sexual intercourse.
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- ↑ BioLib.cz - Paradesmiphora amazonica. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.