João Gilberto as Self

Caetano Veloso as Self

Gilberto Gil as Self

Maria Bethânia as Self

Getúlio Vargas as Self (archive footage)

Manuel "Jacaré" Olimpio Meira as Self (archive footage)

Dorival Caymmi as Self (archive footage)

Eros Volusia as Self (archive footage)

Vinicius de Moraes as Self (archive footage)

Ary Barroso as Self (archive footage)

Grande Otelo as Self (archive footage)

Orson Welles as Self (archive footage)

Richard Wilson as Self (archive footage)