O Samba

  • O Samba
Genre : Musical
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2014
Format : Feature
Running time : 82 (in minutes)
http://www.gachot.ch/gachot_osamba.html

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.

With the participation of Mart'nalia, Maira Freitas, Ney Matogrosso, Nana Mouskouri, Leci Brandão, Moyseis Marques, Master Wallan

A film produced & directed by
Georges Gachot
(Director of Maria Bethânia musica é perfume & Rio Sonata)

With the Participation of
ZDF in cooperation with ARTE

In co-productin with
SRF Swiss Television
RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera

With the support of
Office fédérale de la culture
Fonds culturel Suissimage
Succès passage antenne

Cinematography
Pio Corradi
Peter Guyer
Georges Gachot
Séverine Barde
Felipe Reinheimer

Sound design &
re-recording mix
Jürg von Allmen C.A.S.





Sound mix
Balthasar Jucker
François Waledisch
Aloysio Compasso

Editing
Ruth Schläpfer

Color correction
Paul Avondet

82 minutes / HD / Sound 5.1
Language: Portuguese, French


Wer an Brasilien denkt, dem kommen Samba, Fussball und schöne Frauen in den Sinn. "O Samba" möchte solche Klischees überwinden und Samba als das verstehen, wofür es eigentlich steht. Samba kann nicht einfach auf Tanz und laszive Hüftschwünge reduziert werden. Samba ist auch Wort, Sprache, Text, Poesie - einfach gesagt, ein Lebensstil.
Der Komponist und Sänger Martinho da Vila ist der charismatische Cicero, der durch die Welt des Samba führt, Geschichten über seine 45-jährige Karriere erzählt und seine Samba-Schule, die Vila Isabel in Rio de Janeiro, präsentiert.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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