The Mandarin

The Mandarin

89 mins | History | Nov. 6, 1995

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.

The Mandarin

89 mins | History | Nov. 6, 1995

The Mandarin
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.
Producers
Original title O Mandarim
Directors Júlio Bressane
Writers Rosa Dias, José Lino Grunewald, Luiz Antônio Giron, Júlio Bressane

Cast

Fernando Eiras

as Mário Reis

Gilberto Gil

as Sinhô

Gal Costa

as Carmen Miranda

Raphael Rabello

as Heitor Villa-Lobos

Chico Buarque

as Noel Rosa

Caetano Veloso

as Lamartine Babo