A monkey gets kidnapped and grandma's forest ghost stories suddenly become VERY relevant.
The animation tells the story of Luana, a girl who is passionate about animals and lives in the countryside of São Paulo. After witnessing her friend Quiquinho, a small capuchin monkey, being captured by smugglers, Luana turns to her grandmother's tales about the legend of Caipora to save him.
Direction
Thiago Vieira bringing regional specificity to global animation.
Production
Caipora design that honors Tupi-Guarani roots without sanitizing.
Director
Thiago Vieira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Caipora is one of the few genuinely Brazilian folklore figures in animation, originating from Tupi-Guarani indigenous traditions rather than European imports.
The film represents a small but growing wave of Brazilian animation rejecting Pixar-style universalism for specifically local storytelling—note the São Paulo countryside setting rather than generic rainforest.
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