''Madame Satã'' is a 2002

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co-written and directed by

Karim Aïnouz Karim Aïnouz (; ; born 17 January 1966) is a Brazilian film director and visual artist. He is best known for his film '' The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão.'' Career Karim Aïnouz was born to a Brazilian mother and an Algerian father, in ...

. Shot in the neighborhoods of Lapa, Glória, Paquetá, and

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, it stars

Lázaro Ramos Luís Lázaro Sacramento de Araújo Ramos (born 1 November 1978) is a Brazilian actor, television presenter, director, writer, and voice actor. He started his acting career with the Flock of Olodum Theater group, in Salvador, and is best known ...

as drag performer Madame Satã and premiered in the ''

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'' section of the

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Cast

as João Francisco dos Santos / Madame Satã *

Marcélia Cartaxo Marcélia Cartaxo (born 27 October 1963) is a Brazilian actress. She has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 1985. She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival The 36th annual ...

as Laurita * as Tabu * Fellipe Marques as Renatinho *

Renata Sorrah Renata Leonardo Pereira Sochaczewski (born 21 February 1947), known professionally as Renata Sorrah, is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for portraying Nazaré Tedesco in '' Senhora do Destino'' (2004). Early life Sorrah was born in Ri ...

as Vitória * Emiliano Queiroz as Amador * Giovana Barbosa as Firmina * Ricardo Blat as José * as Álvaro * Marcelo Valle as chief of police *

Floriano Peixoto Floriano Vieira Peixoto (; 30 April 1839 – 29 June 1895) was a Brazilian military and politician, a veteran of the Paraguayan War and several other conflicts, and the second president of Brazil. Born in (today a district of the city of ...

as Gregório * Gero Camilo as Agapito * as fat man at Danúbio * as police officer

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