Movie Details
Cast & Crew
M
Mestre Barachinha
as Pastor
D
Dona Biu
as Madrinha do Maracatu
Azougue Nazareth
"Strange things start to happen as Maracatu carnival season begins"Movie
Audience Score
DirectorTiago Melo
1 hr 20 minDrama
Plot
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.
