O Mistério do Samba (2008)
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.
Directors:
Carolina Jabor, Lula Buarque de Hollanda.
Writers:
Carolina Jabor, Leonardo Netto, Lula Buarque de Hollanda, Marisa Monte, Natara Ney.
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Paulinho da Viola as Self |
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Marisa Monte as Self |
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Jair do Cavaquinho as Self |
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Monarco as Self |
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Casquinha da Portela as Self |
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Casemiro as Self |
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Argemiro da Portela as Self |
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Zeca Pagodinho as Self |
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Dona Neném as Self |
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Áurea as Self |
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Tia Doca as Self |
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Tia Surica as Self |
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Tia Eunice as Self |
| Editing | Natara Ney | Editor |
| Production | Leonardo Monteiro de Barros | Producer |
| Crew | Yan Saldanha | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Eliana Soárez | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Jorge Saldanha | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Luiz Noronha | Executive Producer |
| Production | Pedro Buarque de Hollanda | Producer |
| Crew | George Saldanha | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Carolina Jabor | Director |
| Directing | Lula Buarque de Hollanda | Director |
| Sound | Marisa Monte | Music Director |
| Camera | Toca Seabra | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Marcio Menezes | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Carolina Jabor | Screenplay |
| Writing | Leonardo Netto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lula Buarque de Hollanda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Marisa Monte | Screenplay |
| Writing | Natara Ney | Screenplay |
| Production | Leonardo Netto | Producer |
| Production | Lula Buarque de Hollanda | Producer |
| Production | Marisa Monte | Producer |
