Movie

Nelson Freire
2003 · 102 min
A quiet, respectful portrait that lets music and a reserved artist's presence speak for themselves, rewarding patient attention.
- Directed by
- João Moreira Salles
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Starring
- Nelson Freire, Martha Argerich
- 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
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- João Moreira Salles
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Starring
- Nelson Freire, Martha Argerich


