Mussum, o Filmis

Mussum, o Filmis (2023)

The trajectory of Antônio Carlos Bernardes Gomes, known as Mussum, from Trapalhões. His poor childhood, his military career, his relationship with Mangueira and his success with the group Originais do Samba, as well as behind the scenes as a member of Trapalhões.

Date of release
2023-11-02
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (52)
Runtime
2h 2m
Genres
Drama, History, Comedy
Director
Sílvio Guindane

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0

Mussum, o Filmis is a 2023 Brazilian biographical drama film directed by Silvio Guindane, written by Paulo Cursino, and starring Ailton Graça as the comedian and musician Mussum. The cast also includes Yuri Marçal, Vanderlei Bernardino, Cacau Protásio, Neusa Borges, and Gero Camilo. The story revolves around the comedian’s childhood, early career, and rise to fame, depicting the challenges he faced in establishing himself in the field.

Production

According to Silvio Guindane, the film seeks to transcend a mere biography and establish itself as a story that resonates with the lives of millions of Brazilians. From his early struggles at a school for white students, with his mother encouraging her son to stand out and be the best, emphasizing that he is no less than anyone else.

Furthermore, Guindane faces the paradoxical challenge of telling a story that isn’t exactly new to some generations. The film is based on the book Mussum – uma história de Humor e Samba by Juliano Barreto, who is also involved in the screenplay. The director brings together a predominantly Black cast to share a story that appeals to both those who already know it and those discovering it now.

The film was initially directed by producer Roberto Santucci of Panorama Filmes. However, Guindane was contacted by Santucci, who encouraged him to take over as director because he had a more intimate perspective on the story. With Ailton Graça already confirmed as the lead, Guindane rounded out the cast with prominent actresses such as Neusa Borges and Cacau Protásio in the roles of the comedian’s mother at different stages of his life, as well…

In February 2022, filming began on the feature film, with Ailton Graça, Cacau Protásio, Neusa Borges, Yuri Marçal, and Thawan Lucas confirmed as part of the cast. In an interview, on TV Globo’s, Altas Horas program, hosted by Serginho Groisman, the actor described the atmosphere behind the scenes of the film’s production as lively.

The film plays with a series of puns by Mussum, which consist of a highly systematic comedic technique known as “Mussunguês,” that operates primarily through a morphophonological distortion of standard Portuguese. The central mechanism is the parodic affixation of the suffix “-is” (or variations such as “-dis,” “-zis,” or “-vis”) to nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs, simulating a scholarly or Latinized hypercorrection that contrasts absurdly…

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