Madame Satã
Synopsis
The film is based on the real person João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976), better known by the name of Madame Satã. He was a 1.78 meter black man weighing 88 kilos of muscle. In turn a bandit, a transvestite, streetfighter, 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.
“Madame Satã” is a portrait of this complex, explosive character who was a generous master, cruel traitor, devoted lover and tender, warm adoptive father. He was a passionate character carried along by his urgent determination to survive. The film also relates the emergence of the vibrant, urban Afro-Brazilian culture of Rio de Janeiro in the years following the abolition of slavery in Brazil (1888). This culture of resistance and utopia was a reaction to a society that left no place for its former slaves. “Madame Satã” offers a fresh look at a crucial moment for the Afro-Brazilian diaspora, a forgotten...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-productions : Goodfellas, STUDIOCANAL, Dominant 7
- Foreign production company : Videofilmes Distribuidora
- French distribution : Mars Distribution
Full credits (6)
- Screenwriter : Karim Aïnouz
- Director of Photography : Walter Carvalho
- Music Composers : Marcos Suzano, Sacha Amback
- Editor : Isabela Monteiro De Castro
- Press Attachés (film) : André-Paul Ricci, Tony Arnoux
- Sound Mixer : Dominique Hennequin
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production country : Brazil
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Brazil)
- Production year : 2002
