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.
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Paulinho
Boy
Riva Nimitz
Rich Lady
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Aylton
Boy (uncredited)
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Damião
Boy (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
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Helena
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Boy (uncredited)
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Paulo Manhães
(uncredited)
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Director · Domingos de Oliveira Writer Mário Carneiro Cinematographer
United States release September 29, 2007 · Produced in Brazil · Original title Couro de Gato
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Brazil
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Original title
Couro de Gato
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
France · May 7, 1962
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · September 29, 2007
Premiere · New York Film Festival
Brazil
June 7, 1962 · Premiere · São Paulo (IMS Paulista - Billy Woodberry em Retrospectiva)
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