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The Mandarin

A great homage to Brazilian popular music and a great film
Nov 6, 1995 · 1h 29m
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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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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
Directed by Júlio Bressane

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