Madame Satã

Original title: Madame Satã

105 minutes • 2002 • 6.9 Score

In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual and adopted father for a number of pariahs. João expresses himself on the stage of a cabaret as Madame Satã.

Karim Aïnouz

Director