3 Movies Starring Babu Santana

Something in the Air

Something in the Air

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-09-06

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (207 Reviews)

Director:

Helvecio Ratton

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jorge Durèn

Helvecio Ratton

Eid Ribeiro

Fullplot:

Based on the true story of four friends who decide to install a communal pirate radio station called Rèdio Favela in a shanty-town, to give voice to the outcasts' complaints.

Estomago: A Gastronomic Story

Estomago: A Gastronomic Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-04-11

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil, Italy

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (3440 Reviews)

Director:

Marcos Jorge

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Fabrizio Donvito (screenplay)

Marcos Jorge

Lusa Silvestre

Clèudia da Natividade

Fullplot:

In the great restaurant of life, there are those who eat and those who get eaten. Raimundo Nonato finds an alternative way, a life of his own: he cooks in order to survive and find a place in society. He arrives in town without a penny in his pockets and starts working as help in a decadent bar, a nasty place, lost amid the urban desert. He sleeps in the storage room on the back, and under a cold neon light learns how to fry "pastel" and "coxinhas", outdoing his "master", Zulmiro, the owner of the bar. Nonato is ignorant, but talented. He knows how to work the kitchen, soon others realize it too. The first one to notice him, is Iria, a prostitute, who doesn't know how to cook but loves to eat and starts an affair with him. Then, Giovanni, the owner of the Boccaccio (an Italian restaurant in the neighborhood), offers Nonato a job as his apprentice. A turn of events results in Nonato spending time in prison. For the prisoners and their boss, the violent Bujiè, Nonato is a savior; in fact soon their meager meals turn to a feast of exotic dishes orchestrated by Nonato's magic. As a consequence of this, Nonato is given the following the nickname, a well suited one indeed: Rosemary.

Tim Maia

Tim Maia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-10-30

Languages:

Portuguese, English

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

140 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (817 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Lima

Cast:

Writer:

Mauro Lima (screenplay)

Antènia Pellegrino (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Biopic of Brazilian singer Tim Maia, from his childhood in Rio de Janeiro until his death at age 55, including his passage by the US, where he discovers a new style of music and is arrested for theft and drug possession.

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