The Mandarin
O Mandarim
Release: 1995-11-06
·Runtime: 89m
·★ 3.7
History
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.
Production Countries
Brazil
Cast
Fernando Eiras
as Mário Reis
Edu Lobo
as Tom Jobim
Costinha
Ivan Cardoso
Mario Reis
as Self (archive footage)
Gilberto Gil
as Sinhô
Renata Sorrah
Guará Rodrigues
Narcisa Tamborindeguy
Chico Buarque
as Noel Rosa
Rubens Santos
Gal Costa
as Carmen Miranda
Caetano Veloso
as Lamartine Babo
Pascoal Villaboim
Giulia Gam
as Cientista Alemã
