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, Screenplay

Lula Buarque de Hollanda

Director, Screenplay

Leonardo Netto

Screenplay

Marisa Monte

Screenplay

Natara Ney

Screenplay

Cast

Paulinho da Viola's headshot

Paulinho da Viola

Self
Marisa Monte's headshot

Marisa Monte

Self
Jair do Cavaquinho's headshot

Jair do Cavaquinho

Self
Hildmar Diniz's headshot

Hildmar Diniz

Self
Casquinha da Portela's headshot

Casquinha da Portela

Self
Casemiro's headshot

Casemiro

Self
Argemiro da Portela's headshot

Argemiro da Portela

Self
Zeca Pagodinho's headshot

Zeca Pagodinho

Self

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