Fados
- Mariza
- Camané
- Carlos do Carmo
- Chico Buarque
- Caetano Veloso
- Lila Downs
- Lura
- Miguel Poveda
- Toni Garrido
- Catarina Moura
- Maria da Nazaré
- Argentina Santos
- Pedro Moutinho
- Carminho
- Ricardo Ribeiro
- Cuca Roseta
- Mário Pacheco
- Ana Sofia Varela
- Brigada Victor Jara
Fado is a music and dance film by Spanish director Carlos Saura in the year 2007.
Fado is to Flamenco (1995) and Tango ( 1998), the last part of the film trilogy, Carlos Saura, which deals with urban songs of the 20th century. The premiere was held in New York in October 2007.
The film is about the Portuguese music of fado. He tries the incredible Saudade, melancholy and world-weariness of the Portuguese soul to approach. The focus is on the relationship of Fado to the city of Lisbon. In addition, he is - in part very free interpretation - on the history of fado, with its possibly African and Brazilian roots a. Historical Fadostücke are also part of the film as very modern and free adaptations.
The best-known Portuguese-speaking singers ( Fadistas ) and guitarist ( Guitarristas ) occur in the film, the Portuguese guitar and plays a central role. So accompanied Mário Pacheco, the young singer Cuca Roseta alone, as it represents the archetypal Fadista Maria Severa here. With historical footage deceased sizes of Fado Amália Rodrigues as be honored. The music is complemented by choreography by Patrick de Bana and Pedro Gomes Goucha (although actually Fado is a music without dance).
The film has no narrator. He tells his story exclusively through music and dance.
Almost the entire film was shot in a studio with some minimalist scenes. Advertisement Lisbon by Eduardo Serra and archive recordings from the time the Carnation Revolution in Portugal make the city come alive. The final sequence takes place in the famous Casa do Fado e da Guitarra Portuguesa, the Fadomuseum in the Lisbon Alfama.