a perfectly mediocre and expendable picture about an old lapa character . lapa and fyi use to be the bohemian district par excellenceof rio de janeiro from the 20 through the 50 . this film take place in 1932. the protagonist be a malandro ( scally wag ) who be bear in 1900 and die in 1976. he be sentence twice . the second time for a first degree murder . although the cast be fine and energetic and there be no reason to invest in this kind of soft core homo porn and with lot of tongue and sweat and prick . i and for one and definitely do not see homosexualisty a an avant garde attitude in principle . satan be a poor misfit and but also a violent hooligan and a cowardly assassin and a this film and base on his own autobiography and actually show . indeed the film success prove how low be current standard of undemanding movie audience . this be amateur filmmaking and badly script and poorly film ( lot of socked close and absence of tripod ) . the ocasional soundtrack compensate a little for that . we hear a vintage and lovely duo by francisco alves or mario real sing nilton bastos se voce jurar and we have great kitsch tenor vicente celestino sing candido da neve immortal noite cheia de estrelas . satan himself and or rather herself do a curious impersonation of josephine baker and who by the way be also be see in the excerpt from the original madam satan and direct by cecil b de mille in his most extreme and odd mood ( the action of madam satan and the original 1930 musical and take place inside a zeppelin . ) . may i add that i be at one time introduce to madam satan in person . this happen during a baile do enxutos and which be not yet call a gay ball then and at the teatro republica and 1961. he be a discreet and short and middle age and short haired mulatto in his early sixty . i never forget his quick and perceptive repartee . he wittily remark about two frolic guy in my own mardi gras group ( the actor heleno prestes and his lover and theatre director martim gonçalves ) represent bonecas tambem hein . ( sissy too eh . ) .