Year: 2019 Country: Brazil Director: Karim Aïnouz Starring: Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler Advertised as a “Tropical Melodrama”, Invisible Life does take place in 1950’s Rio De Janeiro but is much more than the tagline suggests. It’s the tale of two sisters who each mistakenly believe that the other is living a dream life on theContinue reading “A Vida Invisível (Invisible Life)”
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Madame Satã
Year: 2002 Country: Brazil Director: Karim Aïnouz Starring: Lázaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui Rather disappointing biopic of João Francisco dos Santos, aka Madame Satã, a transvestite, performer, thief and later convicted murderer from Rio De Janeiro. The film takes place in 1932, about 10 years before dos Santos’ mythical Madame Satã persona was createdContinue reading “Madame Satã”
Cinema Del Peppel 