Movie: Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds

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Pierre Verger
Pierre Verger

Self

Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Gil

Self - Narrator

Pierre Boucher
Pierre Boucher

Self

Maurice Baquet
Maurice Baquet

Self

Jean Pierre Le Bouler
Jean Pierre Le Bouler

Self

Cid Teixeira Cavalcante
Cid Teixeira Cavalcante

Self

Jorge Amado
Jorge Amado

Self

Zélia Gattai
Zélia Gattai

Self

Edson Porto (Popó)
Edson Porto (Popó)

Self

Arlete Soares
Arlete Soares

Self

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    Inspired by the life of the french-born photographer and ethnographer, Pierre Verger, the movie follows his journey between Bahia, Brazil and Benin, Oriental Africa, showing places and people he met and his life study project: the Candomblé culture.

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    1998-12-31

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