The Man Who Bottled Clouds

Overview

A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement in Brazilian music in the 1940s and 1950s that was later snowed under by samba and bossa nova.

Directed by Lírio Ferreira

Top cast

Caetano Veloso

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Maria Bethânia

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Gal Costa

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Chico Buarque

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David Byrne

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Gilberto Gil

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Alceu Valença

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Elba Ramalho

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Belchior

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Lenine

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Ilka Soares

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Bebel Gilberto

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Sivuca

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Zeca Pagodinho

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Otto

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Fagner

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Dalva de Oliveira

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Anselmo Duarte

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Daniel Filho

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Assis Vaqueiro

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