Storyline
A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement in Brazilian music in the 1940s and 1950s that was later snowed under by samba and bossa nova.
Released
7/28/2008
Runtime
1h 50min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Portuguese
Production
Espaço Filmes, Asylum Films, Lereby Produções
Cast
Caetano Veloso
Self
Maria Bethânia
Self
Gal Costa
Self
Chico Buarque
Self
David Byrne
Self
Gilberto Gil
Self
Alceu Valença
Self
Elba Ramalho
Self
Belchior
Self
Lenine
Self
Ilka Soares
Self
Bebel Gilberto
Self
Sivuca
Self
Zeca Pagodinho
Self
Otto
Self
Fagner
Self
Dalva de Oliveira
(archive footage)
Anselmo Duarte
Self
Daniel Filho
Self
Assis Vaqueiro
Self
Azulão
Self
Calé Alencar
Self
Carmélia Alves
Self
Cego Antônio
Self
Cego Geová
Self
Cego Oliveira
Self
Chico Freitas
Self
Cordel do Fogo Encantado
Self
Cristiano Câmara
Self
Dalton Vogler
Self
Denise Dummont
Self
Dona Edith
Self
Teixeira Junior
Self
Fausto Nilo
Self
Ivanira Teixeira
Self
Lirinha
Self
Margarida Jatobá
Self
Marlene Teixeira
Self
Mauro Refosco
Self
Mestre Aldenir
Self
Mestre Expedito
Self
Miho Hatori
Self
Muniz Sodré
Self
Nirez
Self
Nonato Luiz
Self
Orquestra Sanfônica
Self
Os Mutantes
Self
Otacílio
Self
Patativa do Assaré
Self
Pedro Bandeira
Self
Raul Seixas
(archive footage)
Ricardo Cravo Albin
Self
Inácio Arruda
Self
Tárik de Souza
Self
Wagner Tiso
Self