Nara Leão
Birthday: Born in 1942-01-19 in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Deathday: 1989-06-07
Nara Lofego Leão (Vitória, January 19, 1942 – Rio de Janeiro, June 7, 1989) was a Brazilian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist.
TV Credits
O Canto Livre de Nara Leão
Character: Herself
Nara Leão revolutionized Brazilian music, broke prejudices, confronted the military dictatorship, opened paths for women. All this without changing the tone of her voice....
Os Trapalhões
Character:
Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 199...
Movie Credits
Onde a Terra Começa
Character:
In a fishing village, animosity grows between father and son, when the latter starts to desire his lover. In the midst of the tension, a co-worker dies and another teases about the dilemma....
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Character: Self (archive footage)
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous Brazilian artists such as Nara Leão, Maria Bethânia, João do Vale and Millôr Fernandes....
O Tempo e o Som
Character: Self
...
Um Homem Célebre
Character:
...
Álbum de Música
Character: Self
Portrait of various figures in Brazilian pop music....
Vinicius de Moraes
Character: Self (archive footage)
To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cultural history - director Miguel Faria Jr. gathered an incomparable cast of partners, singers, friends and rare images from the archives recalling Vinícius’ genial simplicity, with the spontaneity, the humor, and the freedom of a person chatting over a bar table, exactly how the eternal Vinícius wou...
Jair Rodrigues - Let Them Talk
Character: Self (archive footage)
Jair Rodrigues, the portrait of an artist from a Brazil so close and yet so distant....
When Carnaval Comes
Character: Mimi
Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn't an easy task....
The Lyre of Delight
Character:
During the Carnival, in Niterói, the son of a Lira do Delírio nightclub dancer is kidnapped. With the help of a journalist friend, she dives into Rio de Janeiro's underworld and meet all kind of criminals. She also goes back in time, to a past carnival, where she thinks she might pin-point the culprit among a group of people....
Dominguinhos
Character: Self (archive footage)
Through rare and precious footages and gigs with great artists such as Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Hermeto Pascoal, Djavan, Nara Leao, Luiz Gonzaga, among many others, "Dominguinhos" reveals this genius of Brazilian music, creator of a deeply authentic, universal and contemporary work. The film values the sensory cinematic experience, a journey driven by Dominguinhos his own....
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Character: Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style....
The Girl from Ipanema
Character: Self
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend her days among bohemians, musicians and intellectuals. While seeming happy in the outside, she's extremely anguished inside. Based on the famous song by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes....
The Heirs
Character: Amiga
An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the advent of the TV....
João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece
Character: Self (archive footage)
Latest images of the artist still alive, an unprecedented composition, testimonies of friends, family and icons of Brazilian culture....
Infinita Tropicália
Character: Self
Tropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement that occurred between 1967 and 1968, inspired by Oswald de Andrade's anthropophagic ideals, pop art and the concretism. Twenty years later, this film revisits the movement and shows that Tropicalismo will never die....
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
Character: Self (archive footage)
The film reveals the creation of poet Dorival Caymmi's musical works with testimonies from researchers, journalists and friends who lived with him and were able to enjoy his wisdom and talent....
Tropicália
Character: Self (archive footage)
Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known as Tropicália, and the struggle its artists endured to protect their right to freely express revolutionary thought against the traditional Brazilian music of that time....
Nara Leão: MPB Especial
Character: Self
...