Movie Details
Original Language:Portuguese
Production Companies:Embrafilme
Nordeste: Cordel, Repente e Canção
DirectorTânia Quaresma
1 hr 8 minDocumentary
Plot
Documentary about popular art manifestations in Northeast Brazil: the "cordel" literature (popular literature, small stories sold in markets); "repente", kind of musical challenge between two singers, who have to improvise the verses, in strict rhyme; and the interaction between these and local popular song.
