Directed by : Karim AINOUZ
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 AINOUZ - Director
Walter CARVALHO (A.B.C.) - Cinematography
Isabela MONTEIRO DE CASTRO - Film Editor
Sacha AMBACK - Music
Marcos SUZANO - Music
Marcos PEDROSO - Set decorator
Karim AINOUZ - Script / Dialogue
Lazaro RAMOS - Joao Francisco
Emiliano QUEIROZ - Amadar
Renata SORRAH - Vitoria dos Santos
Marcela CARTAXO - Laurita
Flavio BAURAQUI - Tabou
Fellipe MARQUES - Renatinho
Film poster © DR
Production
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