The Mandarin

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.

• Júlio BressaneDirector
• Júlio BressaneWriter
• Lívio TragtenbergOriginal Music Composer

• Fernando EirasMário Reis
• Gilberto GilSinhô
• Gal CostaCarmen Miranda
• Raphael RabelloHeitor Villa-Lobos
• Chico BuarqueNoel Rosa
• Caetano VelosoLamartine Babo
• Pascoal VillaboimCast
• Rubens SantosCast
• Edu LoboTom Jobim
• Renata SorrahCast
• Giulia GamCientista Alemã
• CostinhaCast