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Tropicália

7.1 (18 votes)• 2012• 87m•Released

Music Documentary

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Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known as Tropicália, and the struggle its artists endured to protect their right to freely express revolutionary thought against the traditional Brazilian music of that time.

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Languages: Portuguese

Director: Marcelo Machado

Starring Cast: Rogério Duarte, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Sérgio Dias, Arnaldo Baptista

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