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Fado, a Singer's Story

1947 · 110 min

A vintage black-and-white musical romance steeped in fado, where soaring songs and heartfelt dilemmas carry you through a bittersweet tale of love and ambition.

Overview
Ana Maria loves a modest guitar player, Júlio; when she herself in a 'retiro' (typical fado tavern), public and critics rend major applause. Fame brings about new friends, namely bohemian young who play and sing the fado with her, and not so young men but who rich and powerful enough to patronize her, promote her, and wish to become intimate with her. Júlio the guitarist feel betrayed, and he sets his mind to depart to the African colonies, to leave her forever. Knowing that he's going to embark, Ana Maria's heart between her first love, and the appeal of the rich and famous.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • ambition
  • class
  • betrayal
  • music
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
music, romance, drama
Directed by
Perdigão Queiroga
Written by
Armando Vieira Pinto
Starring
Amália Rodrigues, Virgílio Teixeira, Vasco Santana, António Silva, Tony D'Algy, Raul de Carvalho, Eugénio Salvador, José Victor
Cinematography
Francesco Izzarelli
Runtime
110 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
Portuguese

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