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2002 · Brazil, France

Madame Satã

Find it

Tonight at a glance

Runtime
105 min
Language
Portuguese
Country
Brazil, France

Why tonight?

  • Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
  • In Portuguese — subtitles on.

The story

In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual and adopted father for a number of pariahs. João expresses himself on the stage of a cabaret as Madame Satã.

  • drag queen
  • transvestite
  • lgbt
  • abandoned child

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Directed
Karim Aïnouz
Written
Sérgio Machado, Marcelo Gomes, Mauricio Zacharias, Karim Aïnouz

Production

Rating
6.9 / 10 · 87 ratings
Studio
VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Lumière, Dominant 7

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.