BBC Documentaries

The Girl from Ipanema: Brazil, Bossa Nova and the Beach

Directed by Andy Dunn
TV-PG
2016 • E207    Jul 31, 2016    60m
Documentary 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.

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Cast of The Girl from Ipanema: Brazil, Bossa Nova and the Beach

  • Katie DerhamGuest Star
  • Andy DunnDirector

 

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