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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Conspiração Filmes
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Top Cast
Paulinho da Viola as Self
Marisa Monte as Self
Jair do Cavaquinho as Self
Monarco as Self
Casquinha da Portela as Self
Top Crew
Carolina Jabor · Director, Screenplay
Lula Buarque de Hollanda · Director, Screenplay
Natara Ney · Screenplay, Editor
Leonardo Netto · Screenplay
Toca Seabra · Cinematographer
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