The Man Who Bottled Clouds

2008Directed by Lírio Ferreira

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Released: July 28, 2008
Runtime: 1h 50m

About The Man Who Bottled Clouds

Music
Documentary

Synopsis

A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement in Brazilian music in the 1940s and 1950s that was later snowed under by samba and bossa nova.

Director: Lírio Ferreira
Writer: Lírio Ferreira
Original title: O Homem Que Engarrafava Nuvens

Principal cast

In billing order

Caetano VelosoSelf
Maria BethâniaSelf
Gal CostaSelf
Chico BuarqueSelf
David ByrneSelf
Gilberto GilSelf

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