A Farra do Circo

Name: A Farra do Circo
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Bebel Gilberto, Regina Casé, Caetano Veloso

2014
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

YOUR RATING

Music Documentary Documentary

Featuring never-before-seen footage shot by Roberto Berliner in the 1980s, Ruckus at the Circus is film about the generation that built Circo Voador, the dream factory. From the Arpoador sid... Read allFeaturing never-before-seen footage shot by Roberto Berliner in the 1980s, Ruckus at the Circus is film about the generation that built Circo Voador, the dream factory. From the Arpoador sidewalk to their trip to Mexico during the 1986 World Cup, stopping at an unforgettable nigh... Read allFeaturing never-before-seen footage shot by Roberto Berliner in the 1980s, Ruckus at the Circus is film about the generation that built Circo Voador, the dream factory. From the Arpoador sidewalk to their trip to Mexico during the 1986 World Cup, stopping at an unforgettable night in Lapa, the film presents a generation which revolutionized Brazilian culture.

Directors
- Roberto Berliner
- Pedro Bronz
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Roberto Berliner
- Pedro Bronz
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

Featured review

9/10

Perfect...

Alternately watching the two documentaries that are leaving Netflix this week without knowing that they were about the same topic, Os Quatro Paralamas (2020) and A Farra do Circo (2014) , which portrays the band's beginnings in the flying circus, even more so as a circus was a Freshman show that once took place in Lapa... Lots of good music, from Brazilian Pop Rock, alternated with interviews with several important characters for the band, old interviews, a show from the beginning of their career, all wonderfully nostalgic...

Led by Mayor Fortuna, Circo Voador, in Rio de Janeiro, served as a launching pad for an entire generation that came years later to write its name among the greats of Brazilian music.

Roberto Berliner rescued all the material he filmed about Circo Voador, from the installation of the tarpaulin on the Arpoador promenade to the trip to the Mexico Cup in 1986. Even using exclusively images from the time, the film is surprisingly current in its discourse. Furthermore, being able to see complete takes by Barão Vermelho, Paralamas, Caetano Veloso, Astrúbal Trouxe O Trombone among others, is a gift for us. A much-needed lesson in activism and optimism, today and always.