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O Samba

Switzerland, January 2014
FILM, Documentary, 85 min.

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directed by
Georges Gachot
Written by
Georges Gachot
Status
In distribution

Samba, together with football and beautiful woman, is what springs to mind when we think of Brazil. We wish to transcend such cliches and take Samba at its word, for what it is. And that is the great discovery of this film: that Samba cannot be reduced simply to dance and lascivious hip movements. Samba is also word, language, text, lyrics or simply said a way of life. The composer and singer Martinho da Vila is our charismatic Cicero, guiding us through the world of Samba, telling stories about his 45-year career, meet his Samba school in Rio de Janeiro, the Vila Isabel.

credits

World Premiere
January 2014
Original Version
Portuguese (french/english/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 85 min.
ISAN
0000-0003-A9A3-0000-J-0000-0000-H
Production
Gachot Films, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, ZDF/ARTE
Producer
Georges Gachot
directed by
Georges Gachot
Written by
Georges Gachot
Cinemato­graphy
Pio Corradi, Peter Guyer, Georges Gachot, Séverine Barde, Felipe Reinheimer
Editing
Ruth Schläpfer
Sound Editing
Jürg von Allmen
Sound Design
Jürg von Allmen
Re-Recording Mix
Jürg von Allmen
Location Sound Mix
Balthasar Jucker, François Waledisch

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
EuroArts Music International GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Brazil
Imovision Distribution
Release date: tba
Switzerland
Gachot Films Distribution
Release date: 24.04.2014

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