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DOMINGUINHOS

By Joaquim CASTRO, Eduardo NAZARIAN, Mariana AYDAR

ELO STUDIOS - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2014

- Year of production
- 2014
- Genres
- Documentary, Musical
- Countries
- BRAZIL
- Duration
- 86 mn
- Director(s)
- Joaquim CASTRO, Eduardo NAZARIAN, Mariana AYDAR
- Producer(s)
- Big Bonsai Produções Artísticas Culturais E Cinematográficas LTDA
- Synopsis
- DOMINGUINHOS IS AN EVOCATIVE AND SENSUAL PORTRAIT OF LEGENDARY BRAZILIAN COMPOSER, ACCORDIONIST, AND SINGER DOMINGUINHOS ('LITTLE DOMINIC'). THROUGH RARE ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE AND VIBRANT MUSICAL CLIPS WITH INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN ARTISTS INCLUDING GILBERTO GIL, GAL COSTA, HERMETO PASCOAL, DJAVAN, NARA LEAO,AND LUIZ GONZAGA, DOMINGUINHOS TRACES THE PATH OF A MUSICAL GENIUS, AND A TRAILBLAZER IN INTRODUCING THE WORLD TO CONTEMPORARY BRAZILIAN MUSIC.BORN INTO AN IMPOVERISHED YET MUSICALLY GIFTED FAMILY, DOMINGUINHOS WAS AN ACCORDION PRODIGY WHO BECAME A MASTER OF MUSICAL GENRES, KNOWN FOR POPULARIZING BRAZILIAN MUSIC AS WELL AS HIS WORK IN GENRES OF THE BOSSA NOVA, TROPICALIA, FUNK, JAZZ, AND MORE. DOMINGUINHOS WAS A BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TREASURE WHO BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL SENSATION AND BROUGHT VIBRANT AND JOYOUS BRAZILIAN MUSIC TO THE WORLD FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS.