Over 200,000 movie-goers "corrupted"
by Vitor Pinto
Although the year is not yet over it is already possible to predict which film will be the most seen Portuguese title of 2007.
According to figures from ICAM (which collects data from January 1 through December 5), Corrupção [+see also:
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Released on November 1 by BWorld, Corrupção became the first film in Portuguese cinematic history to not credit its director, João Botelho, who did not agree with producer Alexandre Valente (Utopia Films) on the film's final cut (see news).
With €903,002 grossed so far, Corrupção is not only on top of the local film charts but is also in sixth place in the general ranking, which is generally dominated by US titles.
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