Roberto Menescal

Roberto Menescal

Movies for Roberto Menescal...

They Shot the Piano Player
Title: They Shot the Piano Player
Character: Self (voice)
Released: October 6, 2023
Type: Movie
New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.
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Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
Title: Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
Character: Self
Released: September 21, 2023
Type: Movie
Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original footage was kept for 45 years until restored and remastered in 2018. The film is also an exciting reunion of the director with the artists and the material he filmed nearly five decades ago.
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Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
Title: Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 2020
Type: Movie
A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garoto (1915-1955), is one of the hidden pillars of Brazilian music. Woven by rare archival material, personal diaries and testimonies, this documentary reveals his influence and the artistic conflicts of an avant-garde artist in the golden age of Brazilian radio.
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Title: Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 15, 2019
Type: Movie
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.
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Tito Madi - Tempo de Amar
Title: Tito Madi - Tempo de Amar
Released: February 7, 2019
Type: Movie
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Erlon Chaves: O Maestro do Veneno
Title: Erlon Chaves: O Maestro do Veneno
Character: Ele mesmo
Released: November 20, 2018
Type: Movie
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Where Are You, João Gilberto?
Title: Where Are You, João Gilberto?
Character: Himself
Released: May 5, 2018
Type: Movie
Where are you, João Gilberto? sets out in the footsteps of German writer Marc Fischer who obsessively searched for the legendary founding father of Bossa Nova and last great musical legend of our time, Brazilian musician João Gilberto, who has not been seen in public for decades. Fischer described his journey in a book, Hobalala, but committed suicide one week before it was published. By taking up Marc Fischer's quest, following his steps one by one, thanks to all the clues he left us, we pursue João Gilberto to understand the history, the very soul and essence of Bossa Nova. But who can tell whether we will meet him or not?
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Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Title: Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Character: Self
Released: April 19, 2017
Type: Movie
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Title: Vamos Tocar
Character: Self
Released: April 3, 2016
Type: TV
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André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
Title: André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Based on the autobiography of noted music executive André Midani, André Midani — An Insider’s Story of Brazilian Music (2015) explores Brazilian music throughout his five-decade career through informal gatherings and jam sessions at his home, featuring Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben Jor, Gilberto Gil, and Marisa Monte, among other luminaries of the industry.
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Maria Rita – Canto Encanto Tanto
Title: Maria Rita – Canto Encanto Tanto
Character: Himself
Released: July 8, 2013
Type: Movie
In the documentary, the singer Maria Rita talks about her professional career, music, and life.
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Raul: O Início, o Fim e o Meio
Title: Raul: O Início, o Fim e o Meio
Character: Self
Released: March 23, 2012
Type: Movie
As the world boiled in the rush of Easy Rider bikes, in the frenetic pace of Elvis Presley, in Beatniks poets, in the explosion of counterculture, a boy from Bahia gave birth to Rock in Brazil. A runaway flying saucer that abducted the hearts and minds of thousands of fans, Raul Seixas, a man who became a myth. Raul died young because he lived intensely. Rock n 'roll, free love, alternative society, drugs, black magic, military dictatorship, women and daughters. A man who wanted to live from his work and died for it. The beginning, the end and the middle are confused, because the story is not over. The film reveals through rare images of archive, meeting with relatives, conversations with artists, producers and friends, the trajectory of the legend of Rock.
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Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
Title: Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
Character: Self
Released: June 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Loki brings the trajectory of Arnaldo Baptista from childhood, passing through the most successful phase as leader of the Mutantes, marriage to singer Rita Lee and then separation. He also goes through the depression that devastated his life after the group ended and that led him to attempt suicide, his solo career, rapprochement with his brother and member of the Mutantes, Sérgio Dias, culminating in the band's return in 2006.
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Title: O Som do Vinil
Character: Self
Released: September 13, 2007
Type: TV
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Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
Title: Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
Released: June 15, 2006
Type: Movie
The film has Gal's career as its guiding principle, drawing a parallel with the movement of which the singer was the muse and one of the main interpreters, and reaching the present day.
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Looking for Black Orpheus
Title: Looking for Black Orpheus
Character: Self
Released: May 20, 2005
Type: Movie
Documentary about Marcel Camus' 1959 film Black Orpheus, its cultural and musical roots, and its resonance in Brazil today.
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Descobrindo Waltel
Title: Descobrindo Waltel
Character: Ele mesmo
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
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Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Title: Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
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Um Barzinho, Um Violão: ao Vivo
Title: Um Barzinho, Um Violão: ao Vivo
Released: February 20, 2001
Type: Movie
Esta compilação, gravada em 2001, reúne grandes nomes da MPB interpretando "clássicos" dos barzinhos acompanhados pelo som do violão. Entre eles estão, Ivete Sangalo (Fullgás), Chico César (Filme Triste), Luciana Mello (As Rosas Não Falam) e Ed Motta (Azul Da Cor Do Mar). Destaque para Simone cantando "Samba De Orly", em parceria com Toquinho.