Fados

Colorfully vibrant sets and soulful, somber "fate" music dominates this memorable, haunting, 85-minute, 2007 Carlos Saura documentary that is his final film in the trilogy that included Flamenco and Tango and chronicles the origins of this Portuguese music from its roots in Lisbon through archival film footage (featuring Alfredo Marceneiro and Amália Rodrigues) and songs from artists such as Camané, Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Lila Downs, Cesária Évora, Carlos do Carmo, Ana Sofia Varela, Caetano Veloso, and Chico Buarque.
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