The Mandarin

Original title: O Mandarim

"A great homage to Brazilian popular music and a great film"

1995 ★ 4.8 89 min IMDb Portuguese Júlio Bressane

Overview

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