MADAME SATÃ
by Karim Aïnouz
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.
| international title: | MADAME SATÃ |
| original title: | MADAME SATÃ |
| country: | France, Brazil |
| year: | 2002 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Karim Aïnouz |
| film run: | 103' |
| release date: | HU 20/03/2003, NL 27/03/2003, BE 04/06/2003, ES 08/08/2003, FR 13/08/2003 |
| screenplay: | Karim Aïnouz |
| cast: | Lazaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui, Felippe Marques |
| cinematography by: | Walter Carvalho |
| film editing: | Isabela Monteiro de Castro |
| art director: | Marcos Pedroso |
| costumes designer: | Rita Murtinho |
| music: | Marcos Suzano |
| producer: | Walter Salles |
| production: | Wild Bunch Production, Lumière Producties, Videofilmes (BR) |
| distributor: | Mars Distribution, Cirko Film (HU), Paradiso Entertainment (NL/BE), Vertigo Films (ES) |
