Ópera do Malandro (Malandro) (1986)
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62% of users liked it
(93 ratings)
Malandro is a Brazilian musical set in the Rio of the 1940s. Likeable prostitute Fabio Sabag is fired from her nightclub job. Fabio's pimp Edson Celulari vows vengeance upon the girl's odious ex-boss. Celulari sets about to seduce the club owner's daughter Claudia Ohana, but she proves… More Malandro is a Brazilian musical set in the Rio of the 1940s. Likeable prostitute Fabio Sabag is fired from her nightclub job. Fabio's pimp Edson Celulari vows vengeance upon the girl's odious ex-boss. Celulari sets about to seduce the club owner's daughter Claudia Ohana, but she proves to be no pushover. The play on which this film is based was very obviously influenced by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, especially The Threepenny Opera and Happy Days. Malandro was released in Brazil as Opera do Malandro. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ruy Guerra, Chico Buarque de Hollanda
- Written By
- Ruy Guerra
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jul 2, 1986 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Nick Davis, Nick's Flick Picks
Ópera do Malandro is way more Love's Labour's Lost than Moulin Rouge!, both in formal execution and in its awkward orientation to World War II. The film means to be ersatz but perhaps not this much.
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Cast
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Edson Celulari
as Max Overseas
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Claudia Ohana
as Ludmila Struedel
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Elba Ramalho
as Margot
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Ney Latorraca
as Tigrao
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Fábio Sabag
as Otto Struedel
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J.C. Violla
as Geni
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Wilson Grey
as Satiro Bilhar
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Maria Sílvia
as Victoria Struedel
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Claudia Gimenez
as Fiorella
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Andreia Dantas
as Fichinha
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Djenane Machado
as Shirley Paquete
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Katia Bronstein
as Mimi Bibelo
- Julio Levy
- Marcos Vinicius
- Claudio Moreno
- Carlos Loffler
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Lutero Luiz
as Porfirio
- Breno Moroni
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Ilva Nina
as Doris Pelanca
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Zenaide
as Dorinha Tubao
