MADAME SATA
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.
Year of production: 2001
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 105 minutes
Credits
- Karim AÏNOUZ Director
- Walter CARVALHO (A.B.C.) Cinematography
- Isabela MONTEIRO DE CASTRO Editing
- Sacha AMBACK Music
- Marcos SUZANO Music
- Karim AÏNOUZ Screenplay
- Marcos PEDROSO Production Design
Casting
Images
Contacts
French Press
- ANDRÉ-PAUL RICCI, TONY ARNOUX
International Press
- COWAN & SYMES ASSOCIATES - RONALDO MOURAO, PHIL SYMES