O MISTERIO DO SAMBA

Cannes Classics

Directed by :: Jabor CAROLINA Buarque De Hollanda LULA

Country:: BRAZIL

Year:: 2008

Duration:: 88.00 minutes

Synopsis

“The Mystery of Samba”, a feature length documentary movie, Lula Buarque de Hollanda and Carolina Jabor, directors, depicts the everyday life and the beauty of Portela’s Old Folk – a group of veteran samba musicians who belong to one of Rio’s most revered samba schools, the one with the most first places and accolades in Rio’s Carnaval pageant. These old gentelmen’s and ladies’ musicality and poetry are unveiled through their simple, but rich and meaningful, every day life in Oswaldo Cruz, a quaint neighborhood in Rio’s North Zone, that serves both as set and as a main character in this story.

Credits

Jabor CAROLINA - Director
Buarque De Hollanda LULA - Director
Jabor CAROLINA - Screenplay
Netto LEONARDO - Screenplay
Buarque De Hollanda LULA - Screenplay
Monte MARISA - Screenplay
Ney NATARA - Screenplay
Seabra TOCA - Cinematography
Ney NATARA - Film Editor
Campos DENÍLSON - Sound

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