Movie
The Girl From Ipanema: Astrud Gilberto, Queen of Bossa Nova
2026
A warm, unhurried documentary that lets you bask in bossa nova while tracing a singer's life with gentle, reflective interviews.
- Directed by
- Antoine Baldassari, Véronique Mortaigne
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Starring
- Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto, Marcos Valle
- Overview
- The Girl from Ipanema charts the progress of bossa nova (new wave), and the Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto's musical development and rise to fame. Best of all, at the end of the documentary the mature Astrud answers the question that must surely be on every viewer's mind: Was she sick to death of singing The Girl from Ipanema?
- How it feels
- Warm, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Music, identity, celebrity, aging
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Antoine Baldassari, Véronique Mortaigne
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Starring
- Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto, Marcos Valle
