The Mystery of Samba

Directed by Carolina Jabor, Lula Buarque de Hollanda
2008    88m[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary), [Music](/on-demand/category/music)
7.97.8
"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.

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Cast of The Mystery of Samba

  • Paulinho da ViolaSelf
  • Marisa MonteSelf / Screenplay / Producer / Music Director
  • Jair do CavaquinhoSelf
  • MonarcoSelf
  • Casquinha da PortelaSelf
  • CasemiroSelf
  • Argemiro da PortelaSelf
  • Zeca PagodinhoSelf
  • Dona NenémSelf
  • ÁureaSelf
  • Tia DocaSelf
  • Tia SuricaSelf
  • Tia EuniceSelf
  • Carolina JaborDirector / Screenplay
  • Lula Buarque de HollandaDirector / Screenplay / Producer
  • Leonardo NettoScreenplay / Producer
  • Natara NeyScreenplay / Editor
  • Pedro Buarque de HollandaProducer
  • Leonardo Monteiro de BarrosProducer
  • Luiz NoronhaExecutive Producer

 

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