Elis Regina

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Mar 17, 1945 (80 years old)
Death date
Jan 19, 1982

Elis Regina

Known For

Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
1h 41m
Movie 2023

Elis & Tom: It Had to be You

Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original footage was kept for 45 years until restored and remastered in 2018. The film is also an exciting reunion of the director with the artists and the material he filmed nearly five decades ago.

Jair Rodrigues - Let Them Talk
1h 36m
Movie 2023

Jair Rodrigues - Let Them Talk

Jair Rodrigues, the portrait of an artist from a Brazil so close and yet so distant.

Belchior: Just a Wild Heart
1h 32m
Movie 2022

Belchior: Just a Wild Heart

Antonio Carlos Gomes Belchior Fontenelle Fernandes, or simply Belchior, in a self-portrait that plunges into the wild heart of the poet, singer and composer from Ceará, Brazil who, with his work and his cutting ideas, marked and still marks the lives of so many people.

Transversal do Tempo
1h 30m
Movie 2020

Transversal do Tempo

The special documentary celebrates Elis Regina's 75th birthday and makes a parallel between Elis' extremely prevailing thoughts with those of João Marcello Bôscoli, Pedro Camargo Mariano and Maria Rita, her children, answering the same questions in the present time. All three talk about their childhood, their relationship with Elis and her artistic career.

Adoniran - Meu Nome é João Rubinato
1h 32m
Movie 2020

Adoniran - Meu Nome é João Rubinato

Adoniran Barbosa bears the title of São Paulo's greatest samba singer of all time. Through the artist's personal collection, rare archive images and testimonials from friends and family, discover a multifaceted character who portrayed his São Paulo in songs and radio characters. Having the city as an auxiliary, the documentary draws a parallel between today's metropolis and the one lived by Adoniran.

Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis
1h 12m
Movie 2019

Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis

The trajectory of musician and comedian Mussum as vocalist of the group "Os Originais do Samba" and later in cinema and TV as a member of "Os Trapalhões", a group that revolutionized the way of making humor on Brazilian television.

Tropicália
1h 27m
Movie 2012

Tropicália

Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known as Tropicália, and the struggle its artists endured to protect their right to freely express revolutionary thought against the traditional Brazilian music of that time.

Clara
2h 7m
Movie 2012

Clara

Orphaned by father and mother, Clara has always dreamed of building a singing career. At the age of 16, she moved to Belo Horizonte, where she won the ABC Golden Voice contest. In 1966, she recorded her first vinyl: A Adorable Voice by Clara Nunes. The approach to samba made her achieve the longed for success, in addition to international repercussion. Clara Nunes revolutionized the music industry, becoming the first woman to break the barriers imposed by the record label.

Biography

Elis Regina was a Brazilian singer of popular and jazz music. She became nationally renowned in 1965, after singing "Arrastão" in the first edition of TV Excelsior's festival song contest, and soon joined O Fino da Bossa, a television program on TV Record. Elis was noted for her vocalization, as well as for her personal interpretation and performances in shows. She recorded several successful compositions throughout her entire career. Her death, at the age of 36, shocked Brazil. She has frequently been regarded as the greatest Brazilian singer of all time by critics, musicians, and commentators.

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