O Mistério do Samba
2008, Portuguese. Directed by Carolina Jabor & Lula Buarque de Hollanda.
A film that depicts the everyday life and the beauty of Portela’s Old Folk – a group of veteran samba musicians who belong to one of Rio’s most revered samba schools, the one with the most first places and accolades in Rio’s Carnaval pageant. These old gentelmen’s and ladies’ musicality and poetry are unveiled through their simple, but rich and meaningful, every day life in Oswaldo Cruz, a quaint neighborhood in Rio’s North Zone, that serves both as set and as a main character in this story.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
- Rated
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- Released
- 5 September 2008
- Country
- Brazil
- Written by
- Carolina Jabor, Leonardo Netto, Lula Buarque de Hollanda
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O Mistério do Samba runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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Which OTT platform is O Mistério do Samba on?
O Mistério do Samba isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 September 2008. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like O Mistério do Samba?
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Who directed O Mistério do Samba?
O Mistério do Samba (2008) was directed by Carolina Jabor and Lula Buarque de Hollanda and stars Paulinho da Viola, Marisa Monte, Jair do Cavaquinho.