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In pictures: Brazil's advertising

Angel image from commercial for Telefonica telephone service, promoting the firm's donations to cancer charities for every call made (Image: DM9DDB)

This advert, inspired by Wim Wenders' film Wings of Desire, uses the shape of Brazil's phone booths to suggest wings.

Small children dressed as animals in Parmalat milk commercial (Image: DM9DDB)

"Parmalat - because we're mammals" is the message in this massively successful campaign from the mid-1990s.

Embarrassed man and baby son in commercial for Companhia Atletica fitness centres (Image: DM9DDB)

An embarrassed man's infant son mistakes his flabby chest for a female breast in this advert for a fitness centre.

Singers Daniela Mercury and Ray Charles in Antarctica beer commercial (Image: DM9DDB)

Brazilian star Daniela Mercury sings a duet with Ray Charles in this commercial for Antarctica beer.

Small boy in commercial for Johnson & Johnson (Image: DM9DDB)

This advert for Johnson & Johnson features no products but portrays relationships based on the theme of "trust".

Brazilian cowboy in a commercial for Bavaria beer (Image: DM9DDB)

Brazil's backlands have their own cowboy culture and country music, as seen in this advert for Bavaria beer.

Musician Carlinhos Brown in commercial for tube-making firm Amanco (Image: DM9DDB)

Another well-known Brazilian musician, Carlinhos Brown, features in this commercial for a tube-making company.

Little green men in commercial for Minuano bathroom cleaner (Image: DM9DDB)

These little green men, known as Minus, appear in a series of commercials for Minuano cleansing products.






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