Cat Skin

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Cat Skin

1962

0h 15m

7.5(21 votes)

Drama

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.

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Cast & Crew

13 members

Acting

Paulinho

Boy

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Riva Nimitz

Rich Lady

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Henrique César

Unknown Role

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Milton Gonçalves

Black Man Working

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Francisco de Assis

Unknown Role

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Napoleão Muniz Freire

Man Who Liberates Cats from Sack

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Cláudio Corrêa e Castro

Fat Man Eating Lunch

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Aylton

Boy (uncredited)

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Damião

Boy (uncredited)

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Directing

Domingos de Oliveira

Waiter (uncredited)

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Cosme dos Santos

Boy (uncredited)

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Paulo Manhães

(uncredited)

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Sebastião

Boy (uncredited)

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