The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner who, with his special way of singing - whispering and softly saying the words - in a time when singers with potent voices ruled, was in a way a forerunner of Bossa Nova style.

The Mandarin (1995)
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Fernando Eiras
Mário Reis

Gilberto Gil
Sinhô
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Raphael Rabello
Heitor Villa-Lobos

Chico Buarque
Noel Rosa

Caetano Veloso
Lamartine Babo