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