O Mistério do Samba (2008)

  • NR
  • 09/05/2008 (BR)
  • Documentary, Music
  • 1h 28m

Overview

A film that 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.

Carolina Jabor

Director

Lula Buarque de Hollanda

Director

Cast

Paulinho da Viola's headshot

Paulinho da Viola

Marisa Monte's headshot

Marisa Monte

Zeca Pagodinho's headshot

Zeca Pagodinho

Velha Guarda da Portela's headshot

Velha Guarda da Portela

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