Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti

Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti (2001)

DocumentaryMusic

Short musical film paying a tribute to samba composer Zé Ketti, one of the greatest popular artists of Brazilian music. In a jam session, in the late composer's house in Inhaúma, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, a group of friends get together to play his music while a "feijoada" (typical Brazilian food with black beans)is being cooked in the kitchen. The samba-players, first-rate samba stars themselves, remember Ketti's great hits in a homage to the man who was best known as "a voz do morro" ("the hill's voice" - but hill as a metaphor for a place where poor people build their shacks in slums, in opposition to city, where middle-class people live in Rio). Among the guests, names of the traditional "samba-school" Portela and ex-partners. Also, the presence of a black hat on an empty chair, represents the composer himself, who died in 1999, after a life of many accomplishments in music, and appearance in three of Dos Santos's films: "Rio, 40 Graus", "Rio Zona Norte" and "Boca de Ouro".

Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos

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	Walter Alfaiate as Self
	Délcio Carvalho as Self
	Colombo as Self
	Zé Cruz as Self
	Noca da Portela as Self
	Guilherme de Brito as Self
	Jair do Cavaquinho as Self
	Elton Medeiros as Self
	Monarco as Self
	Wilson Moreira as Self
	Nelson Sargento as Self

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