Bye Bye Brazil

When the colorful Caravana Rolidei rolls into town, young accordionist Cico (Fábio Junior) leaves behind his mundane existence and joins the troupe along with his pregnant wife. Led by the mysterious Gypsy Lord (José Wilker) and featuring the seductive Salomé (Betty Faria), the Queen of the Rhumba, the carnival moves through Brazil’s remote villages, encountering vagabonds, hustlers, and nonstop adventure. As the journey continues, Cico falls deeper under Salomé’s spell while his fellow performers struggle to appeal to the modern tastes of a rapidly industrializing society. Nominated for the Palme d’Or and considered one of the most significant films of the post-Cinema Novo period, Carlos Diegues’ Bye Bye Brazil is a work of “exuberant entertainment” (The Village Voice), filled with “glittery magic” and set to a “bossa nova beat” (Time Magazine).