Trinta

The film tells the life of Joãozinho Trinta. Trinta was a self taught classical dancer who went on to direct the parades of samba schools. Through the seventies and eighties he turned the Rio Carnival into a spectacle known around the world. The importance he gave to costume and to decor remade how the carnival looked. The account is built as a life story and gives its focus to Trinta’s work. How a self taught dancer became the best known name of the carnival is the real subject. Made after Trinta had died, the film looks at the way he worked. Matheus Nachtergaele takes the lead in Paulo Machline’s ninety two minute Brazilian film, completed in 2013.