Film

The Mandarin

1996 · 89 min · ★ 4.5 · Dir. Júlio Bressane

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.

Starring

Fernando Eiras
Fernando Eiras
Mário Reis
Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Gil
Sinhô
Gal Costa
Gal Costa
Raphael Rabello
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Chico Buarque
Chico Buarque
Noel Rosa
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Lamartine Babo
Pascoal Villaboim
Rubens Santos
Edu Lobo
Edu Lobo
Renata Sorrah
Renata Sorrah
Giulia Gam
Giulia Gam
Costinha
Costinha
Guará Rodrigues
Guará Rodrigues
João Rebello
João Rebello
Noa Bressane
Noa Bressane
Tande Bressane
Narcisa Tamborindeguy
Ivan Cardoso
Ivan Cardoso