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  • The Mystery of Samba (2008)
  • 88 min | Documentary
The Mystery of Samba (2008)
88 min | Documentary
"The Mystery of Samba", a feature length documentary movie, Lula Buarque de Hollanda and Carolina Jabor, directors, depicts the everyday life and the beauty of Portela's Old Folk - a group of veteran samba musicians who belong to one of ...See more"The Mystery of Samba", a feature length documentary movie, Lula Buarque de Hollanda and Carolina Jabor, directors, depicts the everyday life and the beauty of Portela's Old Folk - a group of veteran samba musicians who belong to one of Rio's most revered samba schools, the one with the most first places and accolades in Rio's Carnaval pageant. These old gentelmen's and ladies' musicality and poetry are unveiled through their simple, but rich and meaningful, every day life in Oswaldo Cruz, a quaint neighborhood in Rio's North Zone, that serves both as set and as a main character in this story. Written by Conspiração Filmes See less
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Cinematographers
Marcio Menezes | Toca Seabra
Editor
Natara Ney
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Release date
Aug 29, 2008 (Brazil)
Awards
6 wins & 3 nominations

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