Madame Satã (movie)
- User score: 6.9
- Production country: Brazil, France
- Producer: Karim Aïnouz
- Production companies: Wild Bunch, VideoFilmes, Dominant 7, Lumière
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, History
- Release date: 10/3/2002
- Run time: 105 min.
Movie description
A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976). In turn, bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, convict and father to seven adopted children, dos Santos – better known as Madame Satã – was also a notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries in a volatile time.
