João Francisco dos Santos / Madame Satã
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Madame Satã is a 2002 Brazilian–French drama film directed and co-written by Karim Aïnouz. Shot in the neighborhoods of Lapa, Glória, Paquetá, and Centro in the Rio de Janeiro city, [3] it tells the story of Madame Satã and premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. [4]
Nov 8, 2002 · Madame Satã: Directed by Karim Aïnouz. With Lázaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui, Fellipe Marques. Loose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Karim Aïnouz
- 2002-11-08
Aug 22, 2003 · "Madame Sata" is a portrait of Joao Francisco dos Santos, a flamboyant, fiercely proud drag queen with a hair-trigger temper, who became a legend in the clubs and slums and prisons of Brazil. Born about 1900, dead in 1976, he spent nearly 30 of those years in prison, 10 of them for murder.
In the 1930s slums of Rio de Janeiro, João Francisco dos Santos (Lázaro Ramos) is many things -- the son of black slaves, an ex-con who spent more than two decades in prison, a gangster, a ...
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- Lázaro Ramos
- Karim Aïnouz
- Biography, Drama
synopsis. The film is based on the real person João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976), better known by the name of Madame Satã. He was a 1.78 meter black man weighing 88 kilos of muscle. In turn a bandit, a transvestite, streetfighter, cook, hero, convict and father to seven adopted children.
- France, Brazil
- Madame Satã
- Madame Satã
- 2002
Loose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro.
Nov 8, 2002 · In turn, bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, convict and father to seven adopted children, dos Santos – better known as Madame Satã – was also a notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries in a volatile time.
