The Mandarin

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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.

Country:

Brazil

Genre:

History

Duration:

89 minutes

Year:

1995

Director:

Júlio Bressane

Cast:
Fernando Eiras

Mário Reis

Gilberto Gil

Sinhô

Gal Costa

Carmen Miranda

Raphael Rabello

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Chico Buarque

Noel Rosa

Crew:
Júlio Bressane

Director

Gilberto Santeiro

Editor

Júlio Bressane

Writer

Luiz Antônio Giron

Co-Writer

Lívio Tragtenberg

Original Music Composer