MADAME SATA

Karim AÏNOUZ
  • 2002
  • Un Certain Regard
  • First film

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.

Directed by : Karim AÏNOUZ
Year of production: 2001
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 105 minutes

Contacts

French Press

  • ANDRÉ-PAUL RICCI, TONY ARNOUX

International Press

  • COWAN & SYMES ASSOCIATES - RONALDO MOURAO, PHIL SYMES