The Man Who Bottled Clouds
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A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement in Brazilian music in the 1940s and 1950s that was later snowed under by samba and bossa nova.
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Caetano Veloso
Self
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Maria Bethânia
Self
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Stephen Berger
Walter Carvalho
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Lírio Ferreira
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Gal Costa
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Iafa Britz
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Chico Buarque
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Ed Mort
Matthew Chapman
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David Byrne
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Lírio Ferreira Director · Walter Carvalho Cinematographer Mair Tavares Editor
United States release July 28, 2008 · Produced in United States, Brazil · Languages English, Portuguese
Production
Espaço Filmes
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Asylum Films
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Lereby Produções
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Lereby
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Total Entertainment
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United States · Brazil
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Original title
O Homem Que Engarrafava Nuvens
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
English · Portuguese
Release dates
United States · July 28, 2008
Theatrical
Brazil · January 15, 2009
Theatrical
Canada
October 4, 2009 · Vancouver International Film Festival
United Kingdom
September 3, 2010 · London
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