BBC DocumentariesThe Girl from Ipanema: Brazil, Bossa Nova and the Beach
Directed by Andy DunnTV-PG
2016 • A207 1 aug 2016 60 mDocumentary in which Katie Derham travels to Rio de Janeiro (where her father was born) to explore the story behind Brazil's most famous and enduring song. Written in 1962 by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes, with a later English translation by Norman Gimbel, The Girl from Ipanema defines the moment Brazil charmed the world stage with a laidback song about a haunting woman.
