Fados

Name: Fados
Genre: Musical, Documentary
Released: March 6, 2009
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 70

2009

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New Yorker Films | Release Date: March 6, 2009 | Unrated

Summary: A collection of world music framed by elaborate stage production pays homage to music affectionately known at the "Portuguese Blues".

Director: Carlos Saura

Genre(s): Musical, Documentary

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 90 min

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Fados connects today's leading interpreters with legendary fadistas of the past. And it's the last title to be released under the banner of the venerable New Yorker Films. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

A centerpiece of the film is a tribute to the late, legendary Amália Rodrigues, a woman of commanding, majestic beauty and presence, who is seen with her pianist in rehearsal, searching out every nuance of a song she is to perform. Unfortunately, Fado's other performers are not identified. Read full review

Jonathan Curiel

For those who've never before heard fado, Fados will be a revelation - a window into a music that (like blues music) can be poetic, heartbreaking, melodramatic and redemptive, all at the same time. Read full review

Wesley Morris

As a production, Fados is pretty with its reflected surfaces and many projected images. But at times it hurts for the bite and texture of life outside that studio. For all the dolorous singing about and shots of streets, it'd be nice to hit one. Read full review

Dan Kois

The movie, set entirely on a beautifully lit soundstage filled with musicians, dancers, mirrors and projection screens, presents some of the country's most acclaimed fadoistas, singing tributes to the art form and some of its greatest legends. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

This veteran Spanish director has, in his latest, created both a tribute to an art form and a performance archive. Read full review

Nick Pinkerton

Saura is formally ambitious--a troupe travels through the film, articulating lyrics in dance--but the movie missteps when departing wholly from the intrinsic nostalgia of its subject, as the seventysomething director imposes his idea of contemporary cool. Read full review

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jacostamolina

Mar 9, 2017

"Fados" is the masterpiece of Carlos Saura. An amazing musical trip with great singers and musicians like Lila Downs, Chico Buarque and Caetano Veloso and with a beautiful concept that makes a unique connection between past and present.

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