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  1. Nov 8, 2002 · Madame Satã: Directed by Karim Aïnouz. With Lázaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui, Fellipe Marques. Loose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro.

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    • Biography, Crime, Drama
    • Karim Aïnouz
    • 2002-11-08
  2. Madame Satã is a 2002 BrazilianFrench drama film directed and co-written by Karim Aïnouz. Shot in the neighborhoods of Lapa, Glória, Paquetá, and Centro in the Rio de Janeiro city, [3] it tells the story of Madame Satã and premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. [4]

  3. Aug 22, 2003 · "Madame Sata" is a portrait of Joao Francisco dos Santos, a flamboyant, fiercely proud drag queen with a hair-trigger temper, who became a legend in the clubs and slums and prisons of Brazil. Born about 1900, dead in 1976, he spent nearly 30 of those years in prison, 10 of them for murder.

  4. Nov 4, 2008 · Lapa anos 30: o cotidiano e a intimidade de João Francisco dos Santos - malandro, artista, presidiário, pai adotivo, negro, pobre, homossexual - e seu círculo de amigos, antes de se transformar no...

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  5. Jul 9, 2003 · In the 1930s slums of Rio de Janeiro, João Francisco dos Santos (Lázaro Ramos) is many things -- the son of black slaves, an ex-con who spent more than two decades in prison, a gangster, a ...

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    • Lázaro Ramos
    • Karim Aïnouz
    • Biography, Drama
  6. Loose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro. A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976).

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  8. Nov 8, 2002 · Overview. 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 ...