Quero

Quero is a town and comune in the province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of northern Italy.

History

Quero was founded perhaps by the Romans. It became feud of the counts of Collalto, and it was territory administered by a popular assembly. St. Girolamo Emiliani was converted in this city in 1511. The parish church was a national monument, destroyed in 1917 by the Germans. It has since been completely reconstructed.

Geography

The territory of Quero is extended along the right side of the lowest valley of the Piave River.

Twin towns

Quero is twinned with:

Auzat, France

Vicdessos, France

List of minor planets: 78001–79000

Querô

Querô is a 2007 Brazilian drama film directed by Carlos Cortez and starring Maxwell Nascimento, Leandro Carvalho, Eduardo Chagas, Milhem Cortaz and Nildo Ferreira. The film is based on the 1976 novel Uma Reportagem Maldita - Querô by Plínio Marcos.

Plot

Querô (Maxwell) is an orphan teenage who lives from side to side, lost in the streets near the port of Santos. The son of a prostitute (Maria Luisa Mendonça), he is unaware of his father. His mother committed suicide when he was a baby taking kerosene. After being beaten by the owner of a pension (Ângela Leal), he flees. The boy starts living of expedients and involved in petty theft. He ends up on Febem, where he explodes all his revolt against the world.

Out of jail, Querô finds support in Gina (Claudia Juliana), which leads him to an Evangelical Church, where he falls for the pastor's niece, Lica (Alessandra Santos). However, the boy lives in a world marked by the determinism, making impossible for him to escape from marginality.

Production