Cat Skin

1962 · 15 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 256 VOTES · DIR. Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

Overview

A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum.

Drama1960s

Dialogue Timeline — 12 lines

00:03:21 When Carnival gets near, a "tamborim" becomes priceless.
00:03:25 If you want to find love
00:03:30 You'll have to suffer
00:03:32 You'll have to cry
00:03:34 If you want to find love
00:03:39 You'll have to suffer
00:03:41 You'll have to cry
00:03:42 With the lack of better material
00:03:43 "tamborims" are made of cat skin.
00:08:24 Rodolfo!
00:08:26 Rodolfo!
00:09:04 Catch it! Catch it! Catch it! Catch it! Catch it!

Cast & Characters

Paulinho Boy Riva Nimitz Rich lady Henrique César Milton Gonçalves Black man working Francisco de Assis Napoleão Muniz Freire Man who liberates cats from sack Cláudio Corrêa e Castro Fat man eating lunch Aylton Boy Damião Boy Domingos de Oliveira Waiter

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed12
Dialogue density0.8 lines / min
First line00:03:21
Final line00:09:04

Production Record

DirectorJoaquim Pedro de Andrade
LanguagePortuguese
IMDb votes256