2005 | 82′ | 35 mm | Dolby digital | Original langage: Portuguese

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Producers and Supporters

A film Produced
Gachot Films

Coproduced by
Pierre-Olivier Bardet
Idéale Audience

With the support of SF DRS / TSI / TSR / FRANCE 5 / SVT /
MIGROS Kulturprozent
Fondation UBS pour la culture
Succès passage antenne
Succès cinéma
CNC

CREW

Cinematographer
Matthias Kälin

Sound Recording
Balthasar Jucker
Dieter Meyer

Sound Mix Concert
Vânius Marques

Sound Mix CD
Moogie Canazio

Sound Design and mix
Jürg von Allmen C.A.S.

Editing
Anja Bombelli
Ruth Schläpfer

Color Correction
Patrick Lindenmaier

Line Producer and Artist Coordinator
Marcia Corban

Awards and nominations

PREMIO ESPECIAL CUBADISCO 2006
„La Musica Y El Cine“

BEST FILM CATEGORY MUSIC & BEST SOUNDTRACK
Festival di Palazzo Venezia Rom 2006

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Fama Film Festival 2006

PUBLIC AWARD
Washington DC Intl. Film Festival 2006

Screenings and festivals

Maria Bethânia, mùsica é perfume

The film invites us into Maria Bethania’s universe, the famous Brazilian singer, her intimate sphere of creative process and focuses on the history of Brazilian music.

In his captivating film, Georges Gachot invites us to enter the universe of Maria Bethania, the famous Brazilian singer. Narrated by Bethania herself, the film not only gives us an insight into the intimate sphere of Maria Bethania’s creative process, but focuses on the history of Brazilian music. First a muse of the so-called counter culture, and then the queen of romantic ballads, Maria Bethania chronicles her musical life experience in relation to Brazilian society’s development. In addition to this, filmmaker Gachot gathers together a fantastic ensemble of contributors including Gilberto Gil, Nana Caymmi, Miucha, Chico Buarque and Caetano Veloso, all of them witnesses and participants to some of the greatest music history of our time.