A drama steeped in Portugal's Fado music culture.A drama steeped in Portugal's Fado music culture.A drama steeped in Portugal's Fado music culture.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations
Chico Buarque
- Self
- (as Chico Buarque de Hollanda)
Alfredo Marceneiro
- Self
- (archive footage)
Amália Rodrigues
- Self
- (archive footage)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was the last film to be released in the United States by New Yorker Films.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Saura(s) (2017)
- SoundtracksFado Da Saudade
Performed by Carlos do Carmo
Featured review
Excellent film
Film that has to been seen by all Fado-fans. And those who didn't know anything about Fado have to see it, to learn and love it. Very good mix between studio-scenes and scenes filmed in Lisbon. Also the presentation of the old fado legends as Amalia is wonderful. Even the dancing scenes are great, though the dance is not belonging to fado. The appearance of Mariza, Camane and Carlos do Carmo are magnificent. They are the great fado-singers of the past, present and even for the future.I was surprised by the breathtaking scenes with Mariza and Patrick de Bana, I couldn't imagine that fado can be danced too. But Saura tooked his many years experience to make film, which shows not only the traditional fado music, but also the new ways and the relations to African and Brazilian music.
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- lanca-gil
- Oct 9, 2007
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $129,150
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,823
- Mar 8, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $574,044
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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