Fábio Fabato

The documentary talks a little about the carnival experience that Arlindo Rodrigues had during his more than 25 years of artistic life.

From the preparation for Carnival 2020 until the resumption in 2022, including the suspension of parades during the pandemic, the documentary makes a historical inventory from the emergence of samba schools to the present day, showing the cultural strength and its political and social significance.

The story of how the lottery invented to finance a zoo was incorporated by Rio de Janeiro's popular culture and, in the hands of organized gangsters, transformed itself into an immense crime empire.