2014 | 82′ | Portuguese, French
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O Samba

Samba is word, language, text, lyrics or simply said a way of life. The composer and singer Martinho da Vila is our charismatic Cicero, guiding us through the world of Samba.
2014 | 82′ | Portuguese, French

World Sales

Director

Georges Gachot

Producer

Gachot Films

With the Participation of
ZDF in cooperation with ARTE

In co-production with
SRF Swiss Television
RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera

Partner

Office fédérale de la culture
Fonds culturel Suissimage
Succès passage antenne

CAST

Mart’nalia
Maira Freitas
Ney Matogrosso
Nana Mouskouri
Leci Brandão
Moyseis Marques
Master Wallan

CREW

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Pio Corradi
Peter Guyer
Georges Gachot
Séverine Barde
Felipe Reinheimer

SOUND MIXERS
Balthasar Jucker
François Waledisch
Aloysio Compasso

PRODUCTION ASSISTENT
Sébastien Gachot
Jelena Guyer

SOUND DESIGN & RE-RECORDING MIXER
Jürg von Allmen C.A.S.
Sven Kröni

EDITOR
Ruth Schläpfer

COLORIST
Paul Avondet

Redaktion ZDF
Christopher Janssen

SCREENPLAY
Georges Gachot

Awards and nominations

FIPA 2014 – Opening Film & competition

Screenings and festivals

Solothurner Filmtage 2015
Riode Janeiro Int’l Film Festival 2014
Camerimage 2014
Two Riverside Film and ART Festival (Poland)
Jerusalem Film Festival
Munich DOK.fest
New York, Cinema tropical Music + Film Series @ Symphony Space, April 9th. 2017
Rotterdam, Festival Latino Americano 23-27 August 2017
New York, April. 2017, Cinema tropical Music @ Symphony Space
Berlin, January 2017, Mostra Cine brasil, Kino Babylone-Mitte
Minneapolis International Film festival, 2016 (US)
Argentina, Pinamar – Festival Pinamar, 2016
Liverpool – UK, Brazilica Festival 2015
Mediwawe (Hungarian)
Golden Prague 2014
Warsaw Fundçao macubaima.pl, 2016
18 Festival de Cine Europeo, Perou 2016
Musée Olympique de Lausanne (Suisse)
San Diego Black Film festival 2016 (US)
Hamburg, „Afrika in Lateinamerika“ Museum für Völkerkunde
Sète, – France, Amérique Latine S.A.L.S.A. 2015
Festival O Amor, A Morte e as Paixoes em Goiânia (Brazil)
PARIS – France, Studio de l’Ermitage. 2015
Film Festival Schaffhausen, 29. März 13h15
Festival Internationale del Nuevo Cine Latino-americano (Cuba)
Cambodian International Film Festival 2014
14. Tage des Ethnologischen Films (Opening film )
Rennes (France) Collectif Brésil, 12 novembre 2014
Womex 2014
Musikfilmtage Oberaudorf (Germany)
Festival cinéma Brésilien de Paris

O Samba

Samba is word, language, text, lyrics or simply said a way of life. The composer and singer Martinho da Vila is our charismatic Cicero, guiding us through the world of Samba.

Samba, together with football and beautiful wo- man, is what springs to mind when we think of Brazil. We wish to transcend such cliches and take Samba at its word, for what it is. And that is the great discovery of this film: that Samba can- not be reduced simply to dance and lascivious hip movements. Samba is also word, language, text, lyrics or simply said a way of life. The com- poser and singer Martinho da Vila is our charismatic Cicero, guiding us through the world of Samba, telling stories about his 45-year career, meet his Samba school in Rio de Janeiro, the Vila Isabel.

INTERNATIONALE PRESS

FRENCH

CINEFEUILLES • Portrait d’un homme rayonnant, illuminé par des images magnifiques.

AUX ARTS ETC • La samba, c’est beaucoup plus que le carnaval, c’est avant tout une origine.

24 HEURES • Partir à la découverte d’un Brésil (Presque) sans paillettes.

GERMAN

ZÜRITIPP • Mitreissend

NZZ • Ein faszinierender Film !

BERNER ZEITUNG • Warum der Samba so traurig ist ?

BADISCHER ZEITUNG • Der Trost der Brasilianer

OBERNAYERISCHE VOLKSBLATT • Aufschrei der Brasilieros

OBERBAYERISCHE VOKLSBLATT • Nur der Samba kann die Brasileiros nach diesem schwarzen Tag wieder aufrichten könne.

ITALIAN

CORRIERE DEL TICINO • Martinho Da Vila fra i ritmi di un popolo

WORLD PREMIERE AT FIPA 2014

SUD-OUEST • Le Brésil sous les feux de la rampe.

GRAINS DANS LES BOBINES (Yann Lagarde,) • O Samba

SUD-OUEST • Le 27e FIPA c’est partit

BRASIL AVANT PREMIERE AT VILA ISABEL SAMBA SCHOOL 2015

ESTADAO DE SAO PAULO • Direitor mostra documentario com Martinho da Vila na quadra da Unidos de Vila Isabel

UOL • O Samba“ mostra o Carnaval como ainda não se havia mostrado, diz Martinho

ESTADAO DE SAO PAULO • Um belo documentário deste franco-suíço, que deveria ser eleito brasileiro honorário pelo trabalho que vem fazendo pela música brasileira.

FOHLA DE SAO PAULO • Gachot percebeu que o Samba ultrapassa o hedonismo carnavalesco e insistiu em mostrar a escola como um microcosmo, como o lugar em que o samba é parte da identidade das pessoas.

POP WITH POPCORN • Uma belíssima sintonia de fotografia com trilha sonora. Impossível não batucar os pés no chão, involuntariamente, por alguns instantes.

ODIA • Martinho da Via e o carnaval sao retratados no cinema

CINEMA COM RAPADURA • Dessa forma, “O Samba” é um documentário que mistura, de forma orgânica e sensível, coisas inseparáveis: Visa Isabel, Martinho da Vila e o samba. E nada melhor para ilustrar isso do que a moça que dança sozinha, ao amanhecer, depois do fim do desfile de Carnaval vencido pela sua escola.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL – 30 SETEMBRO -Martinho da Vila, Georges Gachot e a Velha Guarda de Vila Isabel na Sessao de gala do filme O Samba no Lagoon no Festival do Rio 2014. Foto: Rogerio Resende/R2Foto

World Sales

Director

Georges Gachot

Producer

Gachot Films

With the Participation of
ZDF in cooperation with ARTE

In co-production with
SRF Swiss Television
RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera

Partner

Office fédérale de la culture
Fonds culturel Suissimage
Succès passage antenne

CAST

Mart’nalia
Maira Freitas
Ney Matogrosso
Nana Mouskouri
Leci Brandão
Moyseis Marques
Master Wallan

CREW

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Pio Corradi
Peter Guyer
Georges Gachot
Séverine Barde
Felipe Reinheimer

SOUND MIXERS
Balthasar Jucker
François Waledisch
Aloysio Compasso

PRODUCTION ASSISTENT
Sébastien Gachot
Jelena Guyer

SOUND DESIGN & RE-RECORDING MIXER
Jürg von Allmen C.A.S.
Sven Kröni

EDITOR
Ruth Schläpfer

COLORIST
Paul Avondet

Redaktion ZDF
Christopher Janssen

SCREENPLAY
Georges Gachot

Awards and nominations

FIPA 2014 – Opening Film & competition

Screenings and festivals

Solothurner Filmtage 2015
Riode Janeiro Int’l Film Festival 2014
Camerimage 2014
Two Riverside Film and ART Festival (Poland)
Jerusalem Film Festival
Munich DOK.fest
New York, Cinema tropical Music + Film Series @ Symphony Space, April 9th. 2017
Rotterdam, Festival Latino Americano 23-27 August 2017
New York, April. 2017, Cinema tropical Music @ Symphony Space
Berlin, January 2017, Mostra Cine brasil, Kino Babylone-Mitte
Minneapolis International Film festival, 2016 (US)
Argentina, Pinamar – Festival Pinamar, 2016
Liverpool – UK, Brazilica Festival 2015
Mediwawe (Hungarian)
Golden Prague 2014
Warsaw Fundçao macubaima.pl, 2016
18 Festival de Cine Europeo, Perou 2016
Musée Olympique de Lausanne (Suisse)
San Diego Black Film festival 2016 (US)
Hamburg, „Afrika in Lateinamerika“ Museum für Völkerkunde
Sète, – France, Amérique Latine S.A.L.S.A. 2015
Festival O Amor, A Morte e as Paixoes em Goiânia (Brazil)
PARIS – France, Studio de l’Ermitage. 2015
Film Festival Schaffhausen, 29. März 13h15
Festival Internationale del Nuevo Cine Latino-americano (Cuba)
Cambodian International Film Festival 2014
14. Tage des Ethnologischen Films (Opening film )
Rennes (France) Collectif Brésil, 12 novembre 2014
Womex 2014
Musikfilmtage Oberaudorf (Germany)
Festival cinéma Brésilien de Paris