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Mar 6, 2009 · The film combines fado performances from top artists, dance from Portugal, Brazil and Cape Verde and archive footage. In the song centrepieces, artists deliver contemporary versions of fado classics. Lined up fadistas include young female star Mariza as well as Grammy award-winner Carlos do Carmo.
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- Documentary, Musical
- Carlos Saura
- 2009-03-06
Fados is a 2007 Portuguese film directed by Carlos Saura. The film, a fusion of cinema, song, dance and instrumental numbers, explores Portugal 's most emblematic musical genre, fado, and its spirit of saudade (melancholy).
From the back street bars of Alfama we travel to Mozambique for some African fusion, Cabo Verde where Fado rubs shoulders with its cousin Morna, Brazil with the seminal Chico Buarque and even...
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- Chico Buarque, Camané
- Carlos Saura
- Musical
“FADOS” is the new masterpiece from award-winning director Carlos Saura and the latest installment in his musical cycle initiated more than 15 years ago by “SEVILLANAS” (1992), “FLAMENCO” (1995), “TANGO” (1998 - Oscar Nominee for best foreign film), “SALOMÉ” (2002) and “IBERIA” (2005).
Fados (2007) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Mar 8, 2009 · A series of musical performances showcasing the diverse facets of fado, a musical genre from Lisbon.
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Sep 6, 2007 · A Portuguese musical mode borne out of early 19th century Lisbon, and characterized by long, ornate, emotionally heavy ballads lamenting lost loves and shattered dreams, the fado began to experience a stunning and unpredicted resurgence in the early 21st century.
