Plot Summary
The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner who, with his special way of singing - whispering and softly saying the words - in a time when singers with potent voices ruled, was in a way a forerunner of Bossa Nova style.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- O Mandarim
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- pt
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Cast
Fernando Eiras
Mário Reis
Gilberto Gil
Sinhô
Gal Costa
Carmen Miranda
Raphael Rabello
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Chico Buarque
Noel Rosa
Caetano Veloso
Lamartine Babo
Pascoal Villaboim
Rubens Santos
Edu Lobo
Tom Jobim
Renata Sorrah
Giulia Gam
Cientista Alemã
Costinha
Guará Rodrigues
João Rebello
Noa Bressane
Tande Bressane
Narcisa Tamborindeguy
Ivan Cardoso
Mario Reis
Self (archive footage)
