Madonna celebrates her four-decade career in a special concert for over 1.6 million people at the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name ‘Cavaquinho’ refers to the small guitar-like instrument that he played and used to compose his songs.
The trajectory of Antônio Carlos Bernardes Gomes, known as Mussum, from Trapalhões. His poor childhood, his military career, his relationship with Mangueira and his success with the group Originais do Samba, as well as behind the scenes as a member of Trapalhões.
The biopic of Noel Rosa, one of Brazil's best poets and composers.
Documentary about João Nogueira, popular singer and composer from Rio de Janeiro
I 1960 vandt Orfeu Negro som den første film i historien de tre største udmærkelser indenfor filmbranchen (Guldpalmerne i Cannes, en Golden Globe og en Oscar). Også musikken er noget ganske særligt, da den fik folk over hele verden til at danse til den nye stilart Bossa Nova.
Selve handlingen henlægges til Rio de Janeiro, hvor Marcel Camus præsenterer publikum for en opdateret version af myten om Orfeus og Eurydike: Han er livsnyderen, som alle kvinder elsker. Hun er den generte pige fra landet, der efterstræbes på livet. Under karnevallet i Rio flettes deres skæbner sammen - for evigt!
Den tamme papegøje Blu regnes for den sidste af sin art, men så får hans ejer nys om, at der findes en mage til Blu i Rio de Janeiro. Ved ankomsten til Brasilien når Blu knap nok at møde sin udkårne Jewel, før begge bliver kidnappet af fæle smuglere. Det lykkes de to araer at undslippe, men for at overleve i det fri må Blu lære at flyve - en kundskab, han aldrig har haft brug for i sit trygge bur.
Where are you, João Gilberto? sets out in the footsteps of German writer Marc Fischer who obsessively searched for the legendary founding father of Bossa Nova and last great musical legend of our time, Brazilian musician João Gilberto, who has not been seen in public for decades. Fischer described his journey in a book, Hobalala, but committed suicide one week before it was published. By taking up Marc Fischer's quest, following his steps one by one, thanks to all the clues he left us, we pursue João Gilberto to understand the history, the very soul and essence of Bossa Nova. But who can tell whether we will meet him or not?
Two pals tired of being losers and constantly rejected by women, decide to change their lives with learning martial arts. Through hard work they become kung fu masters, role models, find love, and become heroes after defeating an unruly gang of Ninjas for hire.
Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a Samba-obsessed London clerk, robbing a bank and boarding the first flight to Rio are just the beginning.
The Mangueira slum is the scenario where Tantinho and the old samba composers remember stories about the slums and samba.
An Italian businessman travels to Brazil looking for a new job. When things don't go his way, he becomes despondent until he meets a beautiful woman who reveals Rio de Janeiro's most magical, secret locales.
Herdeiros (Heirs) is a documentary about samba, about carnival, about the power of a resistant tradition. Shot in Morro da Serrinha in Rio, the film tells the story of the cultural and musical heritage, of the African heritage of formerly enslaved people in Brazil today.
Special featuring Cilla Black and her guests Frankie Howerd, Graham Fletcher, the Bee Gees, Julio Iglesias and George Benson.
