Movielogr
The Mandarin (1995)
Directed by Júlio Bressane
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.
Length 89 minutes
Actors
Fernando Eiras | Gilberto Gil | Gal Costa | Raphael Rabello | Chico Buarque | Caetano Veloso | Pascoal Villaboim | Rubens Santos | Edu Lobo | Renata Sorrah | Giulia Gam | Costinha | Guará Rodrigues | João Rebello | Noa Bressane | Tande Bressane | Narcisa Tamborindeguy | Ivan Cardoso