A Samba for Sherlock

A Samba for Sherlock

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Miguel Faria, Jr.
Produced by Caíque Martins Ferreira
Marcelo Laffitte
Written by Marcos Bernstein
Based on O Xangô de Baker Street
by Jô Soares
Starring Joaquim de Almeida
Anthony O'Donnell
Maria de Medeiros
Marco Nanini
Music by Edu Lobo
Cinematography Lauro Escorel
Edited by Diana Vasconcellos
Production
company
Sky Light Cinema
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • September 27, 2001 (2001-09-27) (Festival do Rio)
  • October 19, 2001 (2001-10-19) (Brazil and Portugal)[1]
Running time
 124 minutes
Country Brazil
Portugal
Language Portuguese
English
French
Italian
Spanish
Budget R$4–10 million[1][2]
Box office R$2,275,052[3]

O Xangô de Baker Street (English title: A Samba for Sherlock) is 2001 Brazilian-Portuguese film directed by Miguel Faria, Jr., based on the novel of the same name by Jô Soares. The film was first announced in 1996, but filming only started on September 1998 in Porto, Portugal,[4] lasting until 1999.[5]

Plot

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 string 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.

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 "O Xangô de Baker Street terá estréia simultânea em Portugal". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). October 16, 2001. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ Soares, Alessandro (June 30, 2001). "Cinema nacional é luxo só". Diário do Grande ABC (in Portuguese). Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2012" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ Carrero, Rodrigo (September 2, 1988). "Xangô e caipirinha na cidade do Porto". Diário (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ "As lições de um fotógrafo das telas". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Estado. September 2, 2002. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
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