
The Mandarin 1995
"A great homage to Brazilian popular music and a great film"
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.
Director: Júlio Bressane
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