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Nelson Freire

2003 · 102 min

A quiet, respectful portrait that lets music and a reserved artist's presence speak for themselves, rewarding patient attention.

Genres
Documentary, Music
Tagline
Nelson Freire Piano
Overview
João Moreira Salles' "Nelson Freire" is a film-documentary about the great Brazilian pianist, who is certainly among the five great pianists of the world today. Nelson Freire is a quite discreet / shy person and João Salles respected this feature of his personality. During almost two years he followed the pianist around the world to compose a film, made of 31 thematic sections to cover the many aspects of the life of this genius of the piano.
How it feels
Warm, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Art, music, identity, isolation
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness2
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
documentary, music
Directed by
João Moreira Salles
Written by
Felipe Lacerda, Flávio Pinheiro, João Moreira Salles
Starring
Nelson Freire, Martha Argerich
Cinematography
Toca Seabra
Runtime
102 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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