Hustler, dreamer, devil, saint
In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual and adopted father for a number of pariahs. João expresses himself on the stage of a cabaret as Madame Satã.
- Director
- Karim Aïnouz
- Writers
- Karim Aïnouz, Marcelo Gomes, Sérgio Machado
Themesabandoned childdrag queenlgbttransvestite
