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BRAZIL · 1962

Cat Skin

Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Cinema Novo Brazil animal cruelty poverty Brazilian culture percussion instruments street children
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Synopsis

A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum.

Year1962
CountryBrazil
DirectorJoaquim Pedro de Andrade
MovementCinema Novo Brazil
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