Cat Skin
May 07 1962
•0h 15m
•Drama
A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum.
Cast
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Paulinho
Boy
Riva Nimitz
Rich Lady
Henrique César
Milton Gonçalves
Black Man Working
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