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Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds (1998)
Directed by Lula Buarque de Hollanda
Overview
Inspired by the life of the french-born photographer and ethnographer, Pierre Verger, the movie follows his journey between Bahia, Brazil and Benin, Oriental Africa, showing places and people he met and his life study project: the Candomblé culture.
Length 82 minutes
Actors
Pierre Verger | Gilberto Gil | Pierre Boucher | Maurice Baquet | Jean Pierre Le Bouler | Cid Teixeira Cavalcante | Jorge Amado | Zélia Gattai | Edson Porto (Popó) | Arlete Soares | Juana Elbein Santos | Maria Stella de Azevedo (Mãe Stella) | Nancy de Souza e Silva (Ceci) | Agenor Miranda Rocha (Pai Agenor) | Gabin Djimasse | Nordichao Bachalou | Agoliagbo Bedjagni | Ayekobino Yakpetchou | Balbino Daniel de Paula (Pai Balbino) | Honoré Feliciano Juliano de Souza (Xaxá VIII) | Jean Rouch | Milton Guran | Antônio Carlos dos Santos Vovô (Vovô do Ilê Ayê) | Miguel Falabella | Milton Cunha | Antonio Risério | Nanci Bernabó | Nestor Ogalala | Vilson Dias Barbosa