Katharsys

Documentary addressing the composer Cartola and the transformations that took place in Morro Carioca and in Samba during his life. Founder of the Escola de Samba Estação Primeira de Mangueira, Cartola has his life and his music marked by his community and his School, far from the city His school, created as a playful and expressive center for the mangueirense, has now become a point of tourist attraction. This made work possible for the inhabitants of the hill, but it transformed the spirit of samba and its aesthetics.

A rescue of the history of Ipanema beach in the 1970s, when the construction of a pier changed the landscape and created fertile soil for a generation of artists and sportsmen.

The nightlife of Praça Tiradentes, in the center of Rio de Janeiro, a traditional meeting place for musicians, circus, theater and transvestites. A poetic observation of a transvestite who sings in the streets every weekend, in the best tradition of popular artists.