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Poster for Welcome to São Paulo

Welcome to São Paulo

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2004 | 96 min | Drama, Documentary

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for the curious.
The mood
Eye-opening.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 36 min.
What might put you off
It's in Portuguese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

All the feature is given prestige to by the narration in Caetano Veloso's voice, that also signs one of the segments of the project. São Paulo is the largest city of the Southern Hemisphere, with an incessant dynamics of cultural mixtures, with immigrants of all the world and migrants of all parts of Brazil. The gathering of these peculiarities are seen through the 13 film directors's sensibilities and their segments.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    Not enough engagement data yet

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Cast & crew

Directed by Leon Cakoff, Renata de Almeida, Maria de Medeiros, Yoshishige Yoshida, Tsai Ming-liang, Hanna Elias, Phillip Noyce, Jim McBride, Amos Gitai, Wolfgang Becker, Mika Kaurismäki, Caetano Veloso

  • Caetano VelosoNarrator