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Madame Sata

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Original title

Madame Satã

Year

2002

Running time

105 min.

Country

Brazil

Director

Karim Aïnouz

Screenwriter

Karim Aïnouz

Cast

Music

Marcos Suzano, Sacha Amback

Cinematography

Walter Carvalho

Producer

Co-production Brazil-France;

VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Lumière, Dominant 7

Genre

Drama | 1930s

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Rankings Position

#38 Best Brazilian Movies of all time

Awards: 2002: Chicago International Film Festival: Gold Hugo - Best Movie

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Critics' reviews

"Shot almost entirely on location with a hand-held camera, director Karim Ainouz's film draws you in close. The charisma and intensity of Lazaro Ramos as Joao holds you there."

Curt Fields: The Washington Post
"It can feel a bit slight and, given the epic sweep of its subject's life, somewhat underplotted. But there's no denying the incendiary power of Ramos's performance"

J. Hoberman: Village Voice
"In his thrilling feature debut, Madame Sata, Brazilian filmmaker Karim Ainouz doesn't glorify dos Santos but examines the hot, reckless fever of his life in all its thorny complexity."

Edward Guthmann: SFgate
"As a celebration of a figure who fashioned his own identity from pieces of pop culture and street poetry, from song and fashion and fury, it's memorable."

Steven Rea: Philadelphia Inquirer
"It is a voluptuous, hot-blooded portrait of a social outcast, a black, homosexual criminal who in acting out his gaudiest Hollywood dreams, transcendently reinvented himself."

Stephen Holden: The New York Times
"The movie covers only the early years of his (Joao Francisco dos Santos) rise to fame and apparently enduring legend, but the camera never pulls back to provide a social or historical context."

Jami Bernard: New York Daily News
"The film remains entertaining thanks to its fascinating subject, sharp visuals and fiercely proud central performance."

David Rooney: Variety
"An intensely realized, beautifully shot drama."

Sheri Linden: The Hollywood Reporter

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