Santiago is a 2007 Brazilian documentary film by João Moreira Salles, about Santiago Badariotti Merlo (1912-1994), a butler who worked for the filmmaker's family for 30 years.
[6] In 1992, João Moreira Salles filmed his Argentinean butler Santiago Badariotti Merlo, who was born in 1912 and had worked between 1956 and 1986 for the filmmaker family in the huge house of their own in Rio de Janeiro.
Two years later, Santiago died and, for some strange reason, Moreira Salles felt he couldn't edit the film and put it aside.
In 2005, the filmmaker remembers the unfinished film and decided to start its material.
Santiago had its worldwide premiere at the Cinéma du Réel Film Festival (Paris), in March 2007.