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Mario Filho - O Criador das Multidões

2010 · 89 min

A warm, reflective portrait that moves at an unhurried pace, celebrating a writer's love of the game through archival texture and talking heads.

Directed by
Oscar Maron
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Mário Filho, João Havelange, Sérgio Cabral
Overview
A record of the career and immense contribution of journalist and writer Mario Filho to the development of football in Brazil. Through a poetic and innovative approach, his columns captured the collective passion for the "British sport."

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Directed by
Oscar Maron
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Mário Filho, João Havelange, Sérgio Cabral
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    • sport
    • art
    • identity
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    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
    • true story
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    • Gore none
    • Language mild
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    Humour2
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Oscar Maron
    Starring
    Mário Filho, João Havelange, Sérgio Cabral, Francisco Teixeira, Mauricio Murad, Ronaldo Hellal, Luiz Carlos Barreto, Carlos Heitor Cony
    Runtime
    89 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese

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