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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
Mar 8, 2009 · A series of musical performances showcasing the diverse facets of fado, a musical genre from Lisbon.
Original title: Fados. Synopsis: After Flamenco (1995) and Tango (1998) –nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film-, in 2005 Carlos Saura completes his trilogy on modern urban song with Fados.
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- Portugal
- José Luis López-Linares; Eduardo Serra
- Carlos Saura
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Mar 6, 2009 · “Fados” is Carlos Saura’s big-screen film about the musical genre that is the soul music of Portugal.