Python 3.4.1 (default, Nov 3 2014, 14:38:10) [GCC 4.9.1 20140930 (Red Hat 4.9.1-11)] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> title = u'Evoluc?a?o [Diesel]'.encode('utf-8') >>> print(title) b'Evoluc?a?o [Diesel]' >>>