2010 | 84′ | HD Cam / 35 mm, 16:9 ratio | Dolby Digital 5.1 | Original langage: Portuguese

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Producers and Supporters

Produced by Gachot Films

Coproduced by
Schweizer Fernsehen
Urs Augstburger, Thomas Beck

SSR SRG idée Suisse, Alberto Chollet

Associate producer
Idéale Audience, Pierre Olivier Bardet
With the support of
Fonds Culturel Suissimage
Office fédérale de la culture
Xenix Filmdistribution
Desjardin S.A.S.

CREW

Camera
Pio Corradi
Matthias Kälin

Sound recording
Balthasar Jucker
Dieter Meyer
Aloysio Compasso

Editing
Ruth Schläpfer

Sound design & mix
Digiton, Jürg von Allmen

Artist Coordinator
Marcia Corban

Colour Correction
Paul Avondet, Andromeda Film

Dolby Digital Encoding
Hans Künzi, Studio SDS

Film Laboratory
Charly Huser, EgliFilm AG Bern

Archive research
Antonio Venancio

Awards and nominations

Screenings and festivals

20 Maio musical 2012, Brazil
Festival SESC mehlores filmes 2012
Weltfilmtage, Thusis
Festival Filmar en America Latina (Genève)
Festival du film Brésilien de Montréal, 2011
Festival du film Brésilien de Toronto, 2011
Jecheon International Music & Film Festival 2011
Locarno Film Festival 2011 – „Appellations Suisse“
28th Jerusalem Int. Film Festival, 2011
13e Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris, 2011
Minneapolis (USA) filmfestival 2011
Chicago (USA) intl. Movies, Music Festival, 2011
E tudo Verdade / It’s All True 2011
Art FIFA 2011 – compétition
Uruguay – Festival Internacional de Cine de Punta del Este – competition
New York ( USA), Y92 Tribeca
Suisse – Journée cinématographique de Soleure 2011
Brasil – 17e Vitoria Cine Video 2010- Espirito Santo (Brasil)
Brasil – Amazonia Filmfestival 2010 – Manaus
Brasil – Mostra de Sao Paulo 2010
Buenos Aires, Argentina, DocBsAs 2010
Vancouver Intl. Film Festival 2010
Rio de Janeiro Intl. Film Festival 2010

Rio Sonata

This film is dedicated to Nana Caymmi, one of Brazil‘s most sophisticated singers and her leading role in the Brazilian music world in the last 50 years.

This film is dedicated to Nana Caymmi, one of Brazil’s most sophisticated singers and her leading role in the Brazilian music world in the last 50 years. Nana Caymmi is the guardian of an unrivaled musical heritage. She is the daughter of emblematic composer Dorival Caymmi, former wife of Gilberto Gil, muse of Milton Nascimento, and childhood friend of Nelson Freire and seen by her peers as Brazil’s greatest singer and cited by journalist Roberto Moura as „The singer’s singer“. After 6 years of production the film was released in autumn 2010.

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Rio Sonata

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