Released:
2008-09-05

Overview:
A film that depicts the everyday life and the beauty of Portela’s Old Folk – a group of veteran samba musicians who belong to one of Rio’s most revered samba schools, the one with the most first places and accolades in Rio’s Carnaval pageant. These old gentelmen’s and ladies’ musicality and poetry are unveiled through their simple, but rich and meaningful, every day life in Oswaldo Cruz, a quaint neighborhood in Rio’s North Zone, that serves both as set and as a main character in this story.

Directors:
Carolina Jabor, Lula Buarque de Hollanda

Runtime:
1h 28min

Genre:
Documentary, Music

• Cast:
• 
  Paulinho da Viola
  as
  Self
• 
  Marisa Monte
  as
  Self
• 
  Jair do Cavaquinho
  as
  Self
• 
  Hildmar Diniz
  as
  Self
• 
  Casquinha da Portela
  as
  Self