The Mandarin
O Mandarim
History
A great homage to Brazilian popular music and a great film
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.
1995-11-06
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Cast
Director
Júlio Bressane
Fernando Eiras as Mário Reis
Gilberto Gil as Sinhô
Gal Costa as Carmen Miranda
Chico Buarque as Noel Rosa
Caetano Veloso as Lamartine Babo
Pascoal Villaboim
Rubens Santos
Edu Lobo as Tom Jobim
Renata Sorrah
Giulia Gam as Cientista Alemã
Costinha
Guará Rodrigues
Narcisa Tamborindeguy
Ivan Cardoso
Mario Reis as Self (archive footage)