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The Mandarin

"A great homage to Brazilian popular music and a great film"

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.

Top Cast

  • Fernando Eiras

    Fernando Eiras

    Mário Reis

  • Gilberto Gil

    Gilberto Gil

    Sinhô

  • Gal Costa

    Gal Costa

    Carmen Miranda

  • Raphael Rabello

    Raphael Rabello

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

  • Chico Buarque

    Chico Buarque

    Noel Rosa

  • Caetano Veloso

    Caetano Veloso

    Lamartine Babo

  • Pascoal Villaboim

    Pascoal Villaboim

  • Rubens Santos

    Rubens Santos

  • Edu Lobo

    Edu Lobo

    Tom Jobim

Overview

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.

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