In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual and adopted father for a number of pariahs. João expresses himself on the stage of a cabaret as Madame Satã.
Cast
Crew
Karim Aïnouz
Director, Writer
Marcelo Gomes
Writer
Sérgio Machado
Writer
Mauricio Zacharias
Writer
Isabela Monteiro de Castro
Editor
Walter Carvalho
Director of Photography
Marc Beauchamps
Producer
Isabel Diegues
Producer
Vincent Maraval
Producer
Mauricio Andrade Ramos
Producer
Donald Ranvaud
Producer
Juliette Renaud
Producer
Walter Salles
Producer
Laurent Bocahut
Associate Producer
Philip Brooks
Associate Producer
Dominique Welinski
Associate Producer
Marcos Pedroso
Production Design
Rita Murtinho
Costume Design
Sonia Penna
Makeup Artist
Waldir Xavier
Sound Editor
Stéphane Thiébaut
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dominique Hennequin
Sound Mixer
Christophe Vingtrinier
Sound Mixer
Aloysio Compasso
Sound
Sergio Farjalla Jr.
Special Effects
Sacha Amback
Original Music Composer
Marcos Suzano
Original Music Composer
Jorge de Tharso
Set Decoration
Todd Haynes
Thanks
Wieland Speck
Thanks
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