The actress who plays Xica (Zezé Motta) is superb! Motta's acting allows the viewer to see and understand how the slave is able to captivate any man. He builds Xica a mansion complete with its own chapel because slaves, free or not, are forbidden from entering the town church João orders luxurious items from Paris, Portugal and other fashionable places for Xica he commissions a picture of the sea to be painted because she has always wanted to look at the sea João even brings the ocean to Xica when he has a manmade lake constructed and a ship built for Xica's sole purpose. To the townspeople's dismay, João sets Xica free, and then showers her with opulent gifts. The man becomes enamored with her and she with him. She sets her sights on meeting the most potent man in the town. When Xica sees João Fernandes (actor Walter Chagmor), the rich, influential and handsome emissary of the King of Portugal. Xica's successful position is unheard of for a woman, much less a slave and she becomes a legend, especially among the slaves. "Xica da Silva" is the story of a true-life 18th century slave who uses her sexual wiles and cunning mind to become the richest and most powerful woman of her time in a diamond-mining town of Brazil.
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