The Mandarin

1h 29m
History
3.7

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.

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
Unknown
Rubens Santos
Unknown
Edu Lobo
Tom Jobim
Renata Sorrah
Unknown
Giulia Gam
Cientista Alemã
Costinha
Unknown
Guará Rodrigues
Unknown
João Rebello
Unknown
Noa Bressane
Unknown
Tande Bressane
Unknown
Narcisa Tamborindeguy
Unknown
Ivan Cardoso
Unknown
Mario Reis
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Júlio Bressane
Director, Writer
José Lino Grunewald
Co-Writer
Luiz Antônio Giron
Co-Writer
Rosa Dias
Co-Writer
Gilberto Santeiro
Editor
Lívio Tragtenberg
Original Music Composer

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