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The Man Who Bottled Clouds (2008)
Directed by Lírio Ferreira
Overview
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.
Length 110 minutes
Actors
David Byrne | Caetano Veloso | Daniel Filho | Maria Bethânia | Gilberto Gil | Chico Buarque | Zeca Pagodinho | Miho Hatori | Anselmo Duarte | Alceu Valença | Lenine | Tárik de Souza | Elba Ramalho | Ilka Soares | Gal Costa | Bebel Gilberto | Denise Dummont | Assis Vaqueiro | Azulão | Belchior | Calé Alencar | Carmélia Alves | Cego Antônio | Cego Geová | Cego Oliveira | Chico Freitas | Cordel do Fogo Encantado | Cristiano Câmara | Dalton Vogler | Dalva de Oliveira | Dona Edith | Teixeira Junior | Fausto Nilo | Ivanira Teixeira | Lirinha | Margarida Jatobá | Marlene Teixeira | Mauro Refosco | Mestre Aldenir | Mestre Expedito | Muniz Sodré | Nirez | Nonato Luiz | Orquestra Sanfônica | Os Mutantes | Otacílio | Otto | Patativa do Assaré | Pedro Bandeira | Raimundo Fagner | Raul Seixas | Ricardo Cravo Albin | Inácio Arruda | Sivuca | Wagner Tiso