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During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.
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Lázaro Ramos Dira Paes Wagner Moura Stênio Garcia Luciana Souza Emanuelle Araújo Érico Brás Tânia Toko Auristela Sá Valdineia Soriano Lyu Arisson Cássia Vale Leno Sacramento Edvana Carvalho Gustavo Mello Rejane Maya Vinicius Nascimento Virgínia Rodrigues Felipe Fernandes Cidnei Aragão Merry Batista Jorge Washington Natália Garcez Lázaro Machado Telma Souza Jamile Alves Nívea Pita Nauro Neves Tatau
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