The Mandarin

A great homage to Brazilian popular music and a great film

Original title: O Mandarim
Duration: 89 min
Release date: 1995-11-06
IMDB

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.

History

O Mandarim

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