| O Xangô de Baker Street | |
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| Directed by | Miguel Faria, Jr. |
| Produced by | Caíque Martins Ferreira Marcelo Laffitte |
| Written by | Marcos Bernstein based on Jô Soares' novel |
| Starring | Joaquim de Almeida Anthony O'Donnell Maria de Medeiros Letícia Sabatella |
| Music by | Edu Lobo |
| Cinematography | Lauro Escorel |
| Editing by | Diana Vasconcellos |
| Release date(s) | September 27, 2001 (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival) |
| Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese, English, French, Italian and Spanish |
O Xangô de Baker Street (English title: A Samba for Sherlock) is a book written in 1995 by the Brazilian author, comedian, and talk show host, Jô Soares. In 2001 it was made the movie of the same name.
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Rio de Janeiro, 1886. Actress Sarah Bernhardt performs at the city's Municipal Theater, captivating the local audience enthralled by French culture. The city is at her feet, and even the Emperor Pedro II comes to pay his respects. He confides a secret to her: the disappearance of a precious Stradivarius violin presented by him to the charming widow Baroness Maria Luiza. The actress suggests to the monarch to hire her friend, the legendary British detective Sherlock Holmes, to solve the case. Subsequently, a brutal murder shocks the city, and leaves the police superintendent Mello Pimenta: a prostitute had been killed and mutilated, her ears cut off and a violin cord strategically placed on her body by the perpetrator. Later, under the heat of the tropical sun, the lives of Holmes and Doctor Watson are changed forever, as they find themselves neck-deep in a cultural milieu that portrays all standard Brazilian stereotypes.