Janis, Amores de Carnaval (2024)

8.5/10 • 76 min • Documentary

Overview

In the summer of 1970, Janis Joplin went to Brazil to get away from heroin. During her meteoric and nearly anonymous stay, the singer was thrown out of the Copacabana Palace, drank heavily, and met the love of her life.

Cast

Janis Joplin

Self (archive footage)

Baby do Brasil (Baby Consuelo)

Alcione

Leiloca

Walter Casagrande Júnior

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