Film

Azougue Nazareth

Strange things start to happen as Maracatu carnival season begins

6.6

1h 20m

2019

“Strange things start to happen as Maracatu carnival season begins”

Synopsis

No measure of hellfire preaching can quell the boisterous and bawdy passions of Maracatu, an Afro-Brazilian burlesque carnival tradition with roots in slavery that takes place in the northeast state of Pernambuco. As the Falstaffian character Tiao, Valmir do Coco leads a nonprofessional cast of authentic Maracatu practitioners in a tale told through dance, music, and the supernatural, set in the sugarcane fields outside Recife.