Opera do Malandro Movie Review 1987

A lavish Brazilian take off of "The Threepenny Opera." Married hustler falls for a beautiful entrepreneur longing to get rich off of American goods. Based on Chico Buarque's musical play. In Portuguese, with subtitles.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 106 minutes.
Originally from Brazilian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Drama, Adapted from a Musical

Cast

Edson Celulari, Claudia Ohana, Elba Ramalho, Ney Latorraca

Director

Ruy Guerra

Producer

Samuel Goldwyn Company, Ruy Guerra