O Mistério do Samba

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 5, 2008

Original language

Portuguese

Spoken languages

Portuguese

Countries

Brazil

Production

Conspiração Filmes

Cast

Jair do Cavaquinho,Áurea,Marisa Monte,Tia Doca,Argemiro da Portela,Zeca Pagodinho,Tia Surica,Hildmar Diniz,Casemiro,Paulinho da Violaand 3 more

Director

Carolina Jabor,Lula Buarque de Hollanda

Writer

Marisa Monte,Natara Ney,Carolina Jabor,Leonardo Netto,Lula Buarque de Hollanda

Producer

Marisa Monte,Lula Buarque de Hollanda,Eliana Soárez,Leonardo Netto,Luiz Noronha,Leonardo Monteiro de Barros,Pedro Buarque de Hollanda

Cinematography

Toca Seabra,Marcio Menezes

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1275952