Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti

Short musical film paying a tribute to samba composer Zé Ketti, one of the greatest popular artists of Brazilian music. In a jam session, in the late composer's house in Inhaúma, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, a group of friends get together to play his music while a "feijoada" (typical Brazilian food with black beans)is being cooked in the kitchen. The samba-players, first-rate samba stars themselves, remember Ketti's great hits in a homage to the man who was best known as "a voz do morro" ("the hill's voice" - but hill as a metaphor for a place where poor people build their shacks in slums, in opposition to city, where middle-class people live in Rio). Among the guests, names of the traditional "samba-school" Portela and ex-partners. Also, the presence of a black hat on an empty chair, represents the composer himself, who died in 1999, after a life of many accomplishments in music, and appearance in three of Dos Santos's films: "Rio, 40 Graus", "Rio Zona Norte" and "Boca de Ouro".

Walter Alfaiate

Self

Délcio Carvalho

Self

Colombo

Self

Zé Cruz

Self

Noca da Portela

Self

Guilherme de Brito

Self

Jair do Cavaquinho

Self

Elton Medeiros

Self

Monarco

Self

Wilson Moreira

Self

Nelson Sargento

Self

• Nelson Pereira dos SantosDirector
• Raquel Freire ZangrandiProducer
• Mauricio Andrade RamosProducer
• Júlio SoutoEditor

Release date

August 20, 2001

Status

Released

Original language

Portuguese

Runtime

12m

Genres

Documentary, Music