A motley crew of traveling performers on the Caravana Rolidei rolls into various towns across Brazil’s northwestern Amazonian landscape, entertaining locals who still have no access to television. Accordionist Ciço and his wife Dasdô join the lively caravan, leading to a string of adventures.

As colorful as the patterns on the caravan, Carlos Diegues’ rollicking road movie follows a ragtag troupe of musicians, magicians and rumba queens across a country on the cusp of change. This Cinema Novo classic is an ardent love letter to the sights and sounds of Brazil—with music by Chico Buarque!