Cazuza: O Tempo Não Pára (Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop) is a 2004 Brazilian biographical musical drama film directed by Sandra Werneck and Walter Carvalho, about the life of singer Cazuza. It stars Daniel de Oliveira as Cazuza. The film is based on the 1997 biography Cazuza: Só as Mães São Felizes by Cazuza's mother, Lucinha Araújo. The film won a Best Actor Award from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards. It was one of the most successful films of the year in Brazil. Synopsis Focusing on Cazuza's personal life, the film chronicles his early career, his subsequent success, his drug use and his promiscuous lifestyle. It starts out in the early 1980s in Rio de Janeiro, showing his usual day-to-day life until he joins the band which would become Barão Vermelho. It then shows the band's rise to fame and its frequent "mutinies" which led him to pursue a solo career. Later, it depicts his struggle against the AIDS virus and his final days. Cast References External links 2004 films 2004 biographical drama films 2004 LGBT-related films 2000s musical drama films 2000s Portuguese-language films Biographical films about LGBT people Biographical films about singers Brazilian biographical drama films Brazilian LGBT-related films Brazilian musical drama films Brazilian rock music films Cultural depictions of rock musicians HIV/AIDS in film Films based on biographies Films set in the 1980s Films set in 1990 Films set in Rio de Janeiro (city) LGBT-related musical drama films