No community ratings yet on FilmStash · 0 membersOne score per member · Verified member ratings
Strange things start to happen as Maracatu carnival season begins
No measure of hellfire preaching can quell the boisterous and bawdy passions of Maracatu, an Afro-Brazilian burlesque carnival tradition with roots in slavery that takes place in the northeast state of Pernambuco. As the Falstaffian character Tiao, Valmir do Coco leads a nonprofessional cast of authentic Maracatu practitioners in a tale told through dance, music, and the supernatural, set in the sugarcane fields outside Recife.Read moreLess
No measure of hellfire preaching can quell the boisterous and bawdy passions of Maracatu, an Afro-Brazilian burlesque carnival tradition with roots in slavery that takes place in the northeast state of Pernambuco. As the Falstaffian character Tiao, Valmir do Coco leads a nonprofessional cast of authentic Maracatu practitioners in a tale told through dance, music, and the supernatural, set in the sugarcane fields outside Recife.
The story
No measure of hellfire preaching can quell the boisterous and bawdy passions of Maracatu, an Afro-Brazilian burlesque carnival tradition with roots in slavery that takes place in the northeast state of Pernambuco. As the Falstaffian character Tiao, Valmir do Coco leads a nonprofessional cast of authentic Maracatu practitioners in a tale told through dance, music, and the supernatural, set in the sugarcane fields outside Recife.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Valmir do CôcoCatita
Joana GatisDarlene
Mohana UchôaTita
Edilson SilvaÍtaloExplore the crew
- Producer
- Fernanda Régis
- Original Music Composer
- Tiago Melo
- Director
- Tiago Melo
- Director of Photography
- Gustavo Pessoa
- Editor
- André Sampaio
- Producer
- Leonardo Sette
- Screenplay
- Tiago Melo
- Screenplay
- Jeronimo Lemos
- Original Music Composer
- Tomaz Alves de Souza
- Original Music Composer
- Mestre Anderson