(O Mistério do Samba)

Content: A film that 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.

Countries:

Brazil

Genres:

Documentary,

Music

Runtime:

88 minutes

Year:

2008

Directors:

Carolina Jabor

Production companies:

Conspiração Filmes

Actors:

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Crews:

Producer

Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Editor