Lázaro Ramos
João Francisco dos Santos / Madame Satã
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Madame Satã was the artistic name of João Francisco dos Santos (1900–1976), a drag performer and capoeirista from Brazil.
Nov 8, 2002 · Madame Satã is a 2002 film directed by Karim Aïnouz, based on the life of João Francisco dos Santos, a notorious gay performer and social rebel in Rio de Janeiro. The film depicts his rise and fall as a stage star, his relationships with various women and men, and his involvement in crime and politics.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Karim Aïnouz
- 2002-11-08
Aug 22, 2003 · "Madame Sata" is a portrait of Joao Francisco dos Santos, a flamboyant, fiercely proud drag queen with a hair-trigger temper, who became a legend in the clubs and slums and prisons of Brazil. Born about 1900, dead in 1976, he spent nearly 30 of those years in prison, 10 of them for murder.
João Francisco dos Santos [1] (Glória do Goitá [2], 25 de fevereiro de 1900 [3] — Rio de Janeiro, 12 de abril de 1976 [4]), mais conhecido como Madame Satã, foi um transformista brasileiro, uma figura emblemática e um dos personagens mais representativos da vida noturna e marginal da Lapa carioca na primeira metade do século XX.
Lapa anos 30: o cotidiano e a intimidade de João Francisco dos Santos - malandro, artista, presidiário, pai adotivo, negro, pobre, homossexual - e seu círcul...
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- Imagem Filmes
How Brazil’s Madame Satã Transformed His Life and Became an Icon. By day, he protected businesses from thieves and corrupt police. By night, he changed into sequined gowns to sing and dance in Rio de Janeiro’s cabarets.
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Jul 9, 2003 · In the 1930s slums of Rio de Janeiro, João Francisco dos Santos (Lázaro Ramos) is many things -- the son of black slaves, an ex-con who spent more than two decades in prison, a gangster, a...
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