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Viramundo

1965•37m•

★8.6(7 ratings)

Documentary

Overview

Viramundo shows the saga of the northeastern migrants that arrive in São Paulo, beginning with a train arriving and ending with a train leaving São Paulo in a cycle repeated every day. Viramundo's aim was to question why the military coup d'état in Brazil happened without any popular resistance or revolution or reaction of the society.

Director

Geraldo Sarno

Writers

Geraldo Sarno

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Full Crew

Direction

Director: Geraldo Sarno
Assistant Director: Júlio Calasso Jr.
Assistant Director: Ursula Weiss

Writing

Writer: Geraldo Sarno

Production

Producer: Thomaz Farkas
Executive Producer: Edgardo Pallero
Supervising Producer: Sérgio Muniz

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: José Carlos Capinam
Theme Song Performance: Gilberto Gil
Sound Recordist: Sérgio Muniz

Movies

Documentary

Viramundo

1965•37m•

★8.6(7 ratings)

Documentary

Overview

Director

Geraldo Sarno

Writers

Geraldo Sarno

Watchlist

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Geraldo Sarno
Assistant Director: Júlio Calasso Jr.
Assistant Director: Ursula Weiss

Writing

Writer: Geraldo Sarno

Production

Producer: Thomaz Farkas
Executive Producer: Edgardo Pallero
Supervising Producer: Sérgio Muniz

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: José Carlos Capinam
Theme Song Performance: Gilberto Gil
Sound Recordist: Sérgio Muniz

Sound Recordist: Edgardo Pallero

Sound Recordist: Maurice Capovila

Sound Recordist: Vladimir Herzog

Cinematography

Assistant Camera: Antonio Mateus
Director of Photography: Thomaz Farkas
Director of Photography: Armando Barreto

Editing

Assistant Editor: Roberto Santos
Editor: Silvio Renoldi

Keywords

hungermigrationprejudice

Did You Know?

The film was directed by Geraldo Sarno.

The screenplay was written by Geraldo Sarno.

The score was composed by José Carlos Capinam.

Cinematography was handled by Thomaz Farkas.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt4006770.

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Rating

8.6/10

Masterpiece

7 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Viramundo

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

Language:

Português

Country of Origin:

Brazil

Production Companies:

Thomaz Farkas

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