Directed by : Karim AÏNOUZ
Year of production : 2001 Country : BRAZIL, FRANCE Length : 105 minutes
The film is based on the real person João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976), better known by name of Madame Satã. He was a 1.78 meter black man weighing 88 kilos of muscle. In turn a bandit, a transvestite, street-fighter, cook, hero, convict and father to seven adopted children. Satã spent most of his years on the hot streets of Lapa, the Montmartre of the tropics, the bohemian Rio.
Karim AÏNOUZ
Karim AÏNOUZ - Director
Karim AÏNOUZ - Script / Dialogue
Walter CARVALHO (A.B.C.) - Cinematography
Marcos PEDROSO - Set decorator
Isabela MONTEIRO DE CASTRO - Film Editor
Sacha AMBACK - Music
Marcos SUZANO - Music
Lazaro RAMOS - Joao Francisco
Emiliano QUEIROZ - Amadar
Renata SORRAH - Vitoria dos Santos
Marcela CARTAXO - Laurita
Fellipe MARQUES - Renatinho
Flavio BAURAQUI - Tabou
Film poster © DR
Production
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Distribution
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