As adapted from Chico Buarque de Hollanda's 2003 novel of the same title, this feature marks a historical first: the premier...
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Book Author
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2009
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If references to the fado -- an ancient Portuguese form of music -- fail to strike a chord with even the most cultured...
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2009
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While he was a noted politician and lawyer, Humberto Teixeira is best remembered in his native Brazil as one of the nation's...
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2008
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A Brazilian astrophysicist who has spent most of his adult life in America returns to his home country to accept a...
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Composer (Music Score)
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2006
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2006
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One of Brazil's most celebrated musicians, Tom Jobim was a true bossa nova pioneer. His remarkable body of work helped...
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2005
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Even those cineastes who fail to recognize the name Vinicius De Moraes will know at least two of his works; he was the...
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2005
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Narrated by Chico Buarque, Waters of March (part 2 of the Tom Jobim: Brazil's Ambassador of Song series) chronicles Jobim's...
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2005
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One of Brazil's most celebrated musicians, Tom Jobim was a true bossa nova pioneer. His remarkable body of work helped spread...
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2005
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2005
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Composer (Music Score)
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2004
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2000
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This experimental Brazilian film offers a tuneful, decidedly unique look at the life of Brazil's first recording artist...
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1996
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Malandro is a Brazilian musical set in the Rio of the 1940s. Likeable prostitute Fabio Sabag is fired from her nightclub job....
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Composer (Music Score), Screenwriter, Songwriter
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1987
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1987
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In a storyline that brings together an odd assortment of characters, director, co-scripter, and editor Jacques Rozier has...
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Composer (Music Score)
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1986
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This melodrama about adultery, jealousy, and power struggles inside and outside a dysfunctional family was adapted from the...
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Composer (Music Score)
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1983
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The music and dance of samba has gained international predominance in a little more than a century. The spirit of samba can...
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1982
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Composer (Music Score)
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1979
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Based on the novel by Jorge Amado, this Brazilian comedy follows the strange events that befall Doña Flor (Sonia Braga) after...
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Composer (Music Score)
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1977
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As the players in this dark drama move across the screen, they symbolize aspects of the human psyche and society that force...
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Composer (Music Score)
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1975
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