Four Chicas Rap Up Dark Side Of Life Sep 21, 2007
Despite its examination of the dark side of life, "Antonia" stays clear of the ultraviolence found in such recent Brazilian films as "City of God" and "Madame Sata.". Too bad the English subtitles for "Antonia" sometimes appear to have been written by an illiterate. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Lottery Just The Ticket Aug 15, 2007
"Love for Sale" is assuredly directed by Karim Ainouz, whose first feature, "Madame Sata," caused a stir a few years ago. Hermila Guedes is hot as the damsel in distress. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
* New generation laps up samba in Lapa Nov 29, 2006
That era lives on in two narratives: that of the malandro, the shiftless but debonair seducer immortalized in a pop opera by a Rio native son, Chico Buarque, and the tempestuous black bisexual drag queen Madame Sata, subject of an eponymous 2002 movie ... In Madame Sata, Lapa is more than a backdrop X it is a character in a drama of marginality, the apotheosis of feverish creativity and full-throttle pageantry. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)