| Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára | |
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| Directed by | Walter Carvalho Sandra Werneck |
| Produced by | Daniel Filho Flávio R. Tambellini (executive) |
| Written by | Fernando Bonassi Victor Navas |
| Starring | Daniel de Oliveira Marieta Severo Reginaldo Faria Andréa Beltrão Leandra Leal André Gonçalves Débora Falabella |
| Music by | Cazuza Guto Graça Mello |
| Cinematography | Walter Carvalho |
| Edited by | Sérgio Mekler |
| Distributed by | Columbia TriStar |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Cazuza – O Tempo Não Pára (Cazuza - Time Doesn't Stop) is a 2004 Brazilian biographical film directed by Walter Carvalho and Sandra Werneck, about the life of singer Cazuza. It stars Daniel de Oliveira as Cazuza. The film is based on the book by Cazuza's mother, Lucia Araujo. The film won a Best Actor Award from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards. It was one of the most successful films of the year in Brazil.
Synopsis
Focusing on Cazuza's personal life, the film chronicles his early career, his subsequent success, his drug use and his promiscuous lifestyle. It starts out in the early 1980s in Rio de Janeiro, showing his usual day-to-day life until he joins the band which would become Barão Vermelho. It then shows the band's rise to fame and its frequent "mutinies" which led him to pursue a solo career. Later, it depicts his struggle against the AIDS virus and his final days.
Cast
- Daniel de Oliveira as Cazuza
- Marieta Severo as Lucinha Araújo
- Reginaldo Faria as João Araújo
- Andréa Beltrão as Malu
- Leandra Leal as Bebel Gilberto
- Emílio de Mello as Ezequiel 'Zeca' Neves
- Cadu Fávero as Roberto Frejat
- André Gonçalves as Maneco
- Arlindo Lopes as Dé
- Dudu Azevedo as Guto
- André Pfeffer as Maurício
- Eduardo Pires as Serginho Dias
- Maria Flor as Garota de Bauru
- Fernanda Boechat as Garota da Ponte
- Pierre Santos as Tonico
- Victor Hugo as Bené
- Débora Falabella as Denise Dumont
- Maria Mariana as Talita
- André Moraes as Guitar Player
External links
- Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára at IMDb
- (in Portuguese) Official Site