Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion

Apr 21, 2000

2h 12m

★ 6.1

Overview

The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Mapa Filmes

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Cast

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Antônio Fagundes

Heitor Villa-Lobos (jovem)

Marcos Palmeira

Mindinha

Leticia Spiller

Lucília

Ana Beatriz Nogueira

Noêmia Monteiro Villa-Lobos

Marieta Severo

Donizetti

José Wilker

Heitor Villa-Lobos (Criança)

André Ricardo

Raul

Othon Bastos

Arthur Rubinstein

Emílio de Mello

Joaquim

Antônio Pitanga

Afonso

Ilya São Paulo

Érico Veríssimo

Marcelo Tas

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