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Tabu

Tabu

Tabu

Tabu

Caetano Veloso is Lamartine Babo in Júlio Bressane's New picture

1983•1h 18m•

★6.6(18 ratings)

ComedyMusic

Overview

The fictional encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (in the 30s) between popular songwriter Lamartine Babo and inconoclast poet and playwright Oswald de Andrade.

Director

Júlio Bressane

Writers

Júlio Bressane

Watchlist

Main Cast

Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso

Lamartine Babo

Colé Santana

Colé Santana

Oswald de Andrade (as Colé)

José Lewgoy

José Lewgoy

João do Rio

Norma Bengell

Norma Bengell

Madame Xavier

Sandro Solviatti

Sandro Solviatti

Guará Rodrigues

Guará Rodrigues

Mário Gomes

Mário Gomes

Francisco Alves

Sônia Dias

Sônia Dias

Dedé Veloso

Dedé Veloso

Colombina

Júlio Bressane

Júlio Bressane

Self

Cláudia O'Reilly

Cláudia O'Reilly

Isadora Duncan

Lygia Durand

Lygia Durand

Pirate

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Júlio Bressane
Assistant Director: Luciano Figueiredo
Assistant Director: Guará Rodrigues

Writing

Writer: Júlio Bressane

Production

Producer: Sylvio Lanna
Producer: Dora Azevedo Marques

Music & Sound

Sound Recordist: Guará Rodrigues
Sound Recordist: Dudi Gupper

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Murilo Salles
Director of Photography: Júlio Bressane
Additional Photography: Cezar Elias
Still Photographer: Lita Cerqueira
Still Photographer: Ana Lúcia Sette
Assistant Camera: Cezar Elias

Editing

Editor: Leovegildo Cordeiro

Art Direction

Props: Luciano Figueiredo
Opening Title Sequence: Óscar Ramos

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Design: Vera Valdez
Makeup Artist: Jaque Monteiro

Did You Know?

#1

The film's tagline is: "Caetano Veloso is Lamartine Babo in Júlio Bressane's New picture"

#2

The original title is "Tabú" (PT).

#3

The runtime is 78 minutes (1h 18m).

#4

The film was directed by Júlio Bressane.

#5

The screenplay was written by Júlio Bressane.

#6

Cinematography was handled by Murilo Salles.

#7

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0182478.

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Rating

6.6/10

Good

18 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Tabú

Status:

Released

Language:

Português

Country of Origin:

Brazil