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Rafi - O Documentário

2025

A breezy, fly-on-the-wall hangout with a working comic, mixing club sets and backstage banter with a gentle immigrant's-eye view of making it.

Directed by
André Brandt
Genres
Documentary, Comedy
Starring
Rafinha Bastos, Virginia Tomasi Paiva, Matt Richards
Overview
Follows a week in the life of New York-based Brazilian stand-up comedian Rafi Bastos, as he gets from a gig to another, showcases the American comedy scene and prepares his first special in Chicago.

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Directed by
André Brandt
Genres
Documentary, Comedy
Starring
Rafinha Bastos, Virginia Tomasi Paiva, Matt Richards
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • identity
  • immigration
  • ambition
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism9
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
documentary, comedy
Directed by
André Brandt
Written by
André Brandt
Starring
Rafinha Bastos, Virginia Tomasi Paiva, Matt Richards, André Brandt
Languages
English, Portuguese

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