 Xica

Xica () is a 1976 Brazilian comedy film directed and written by Carlos Diegues, based on the novel by , which is a romanticized retelling of the true story of Chica da Silva, an 18th-century African slave in Brazil, who attracts the attention of a powerful Portuguese land-owner and eventually rises into the Brazilian high society.The movie stars Zezé Motta, Walmor Chagas and José Wilker.