"In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual and adopted father for a number of pariahs. João expresses himself on the stage of a cabaret as Madame Satã."
Lázaro Ramos
as João Francisco dos Santos / Madame Satã
Marcélia Cartaxo
as Laurita
Flávio Bauraqui
as Tabu
Renata Sorrah
as Vitória dos Anjos
Fellipe Marques
as Renatinho
Emiliano Queiroz
as Amador
Gero Camilo
as Preso
Floriano Peixoto
as Gregório
Eduardo Coutinho
as Juiz
Ricardo Blat
as José
Karine Teles
as ruiva na janela
Orã Figueiredo
as policial
Karim Aïnouz
Director
Rita Murtinho
Costume Design
Waldir Xavier
Sound Editor
Todd Haynes
Thanks
Mauricio Andrade Ramos
Producer
Marcos Pedroso
Production Design
Sonia Penna
Makeup Artist
Dominique Hennequin
Sound Mixer
Donald Ranvaud
Marcos Suzano
Original Music Composer
Philip Brooks
Associate Producer
Wieland Speck
Sergio Farjalla Jr.
Special Effects
Isabela Monteiro de Castro
Editor
Jorge de Tharso
Set Decoration
Juliette Renaud
Marc Beauchamps
Vincent Maraval
Dominique Welinski
Laurent Bocahut
Isabel Diegues
Sacha Amback
Aloysio Compasso
Sound
Christophe Vingtrinier
Stéphane Thiébaut
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Walter Carvalho
Director of Photography
Walter Salles
Writer
Marcelo Gomes
Mauricio Zacharias
Sérgio Machado