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Fados
Directed by
Carlos Saura
Not Rated
2007
90m
Musical
,
Documentary
,
and more
7.1
96%
81%
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A drama steeped in Portugal's Fado music culture.
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Where to Watch Fados
Kanopy
Free
Cast of Fados
Carlos do Carmo
Self
Mariza
Self
Camané
Self
Chico Buarque
Self
Caetano Veloso
Self
Toni Garrido
Self
Lila Downs
Self
Miguel Poveda
Self
Catarina Moura
Self
Argentina Santos
Self
Cuca Roseta
Self
SP & Wilson
Self
Vicente da Câmara
Self
Maria da Nazaré Nunes da Silva Gouveia
Self
Pedro Moutinho
Self
Ana Sofia Varela
Self
Carminho
Self
Ricardo Ribeiro
Self
Ricardo Rocha
Self
Jaime Santos
Self
Brigada Victor Jara
Self
Carlos Saura
Director / Writer
Ivan Dias
Writer / Producer
Antonio Saura
Producer
José Velasco
Producer
Luís Galvão Teles
Producer
Fados Ratings & Reviews
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
The third segment in Carlos Saura's musical trilogy that also includes Flamenco and Tango.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
The effect is a coldly theatrical counterpoint to the hot-blooded sentiments. MORE REVIEWS bullet See an archive of recent movie reviews bullet Joe's Movie Lounge blog bullet Reel Time forum bullet Movie showtimes bullet Movie theaters
San Francisco Chronicle
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.
Cinema Signals
Jules Brenner
If you're disquieted by something in your life, 88 minutes with this collection of Fados will calm your innermost travails, guaranteed.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Never is his film less than cinematic.
Kansas City Star
Robert W. Butler
Fados is basically a collection of musical performances by two dozen practitioners of the form, but Saura always finds a way to make it cinematic.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
[Director] Saura's personal love of fado goes back to his youth, and Fados reflects what is clearly his deeply imaginative, inner relationship with the genre's songs about loss, shifting hopes and elusive happiness.
Washington Post
Dan Kois
That you very likely know nothing about who those legends are concerns Saura not at all; made for aficionados, Fados is virtually context-free.
Paste Magazine
Sean Gandert
Fados isn't just a director's look at one genre of music, it's a celebration of the special relationship between music, dance and film.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
A soulful and enchanting celebration of fados that will delight fans both old and new.
Boxoffice Magazine
John P. McCarthy
Will speak to ethnomusicologists and cineastes alike.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
In total, there are more than a dozen performance pieces, all stylishly lensed.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Fados is Carlos Saura's big-screen film about the musical genre that is the soul music of Portugal.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
While Saura's accommodation of styles old and new represents a humane exercise, the Spanish director does not risk the fearlessness of Tony Gatlif's Vengo.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
Casts a wondrous spell as the third installment of the Spanish director's musical trilogy, which also includes Flamenco (1995) and Tango (1998).
Village Voice
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.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
What Fados lacks in jaw-dropping sexiness it makes up for in casual sensuality.
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