Synopsis
The “Greta Garbo of Rio,” Maria Bethânia is the counter-culture’s muse, diva, and a cult figure of Brazilian music. She took on the role of heiress to an ancient, black tradition of Brazilian music. “Maria has a unique nature,” her older brother, Caetano Veloso, explains. Dramatic temperament not at all present in the bossa-nova was required for this kind of music. She therefore sang sambas dating from before the bossa-nova, and new songs that changed the samba and that spoke of great, passionate love or rural life in the Nordeste.
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Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Idéale Audience
- French distribution : Les Films du Paradoxe
Full credits (4)
- Director of Photography : Matthias Kälin
- Editors : Ruth Schläpfer, Anja Bombelli
- Sound recordists : Balthasar Jucker, Dieter Meyer
- Press Attaché (film) : François Vila
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Themes : Music
- Production language : Portuguese
- Coproducer countries : France, Switzerland
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
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