THE SAMBA POET

Rio de Janeiro in the 30's. Noel Rosa becomes the greatest
Samba composer and changes the direction of Brazilian
music. Fame, passion and death at the age of 26.

ORIGINALTITLE: Noel,PoetaDa Vila
ENGLISHTITLE: The Samba Poet
COUNTRY: Brazil
LANGUAGE: Portuguese
YEAR: 2006
RUNNINGTIME: 99’
GENRE: BiopicDrama
STATUS: Completed
DIRECTOR: RicardoVanSteen
CAST: Camila Pitanga (Women ofBrazil),RafaelRaposo,
JonathanHaagensen (City ofGod),RobertaRodrigues,
FlavioBauraqui
PRODUCERS: RicardoVanSteen,Movi&Art, ZoharCinema
MUSICPRODUCER: Arto Lindsay
FESTIVALS: SaoPaulo,LosAngelesLatino,LosAngelesBR,
NewYorkBR,Zurich,RiodeJaneiro,LondonBlack,Prague
Music,AmsterdamBR,BarcelonaBR,RibeirãoPreto,Rio
Grande doSul,Chicago Latino,St. Louis,Cairo
AWARDS: Tiradentes-BEST FILM,
MiamiBR-BEST SOUNDTRACK,
BEST JURYSPECIALAWARD

www.noelthesambapoet.com