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Fados

2007 · 1h 30m · Unrated Documentary, Music
Directed by Carlos Saura

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A drama steeped in Portugal's Fado music culture.

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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

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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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.

Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle
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Never is his film less than cinematic.

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
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[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.

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
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That you very likely know nothing about who those legends are concerns Saura not at all; made for aficionados, Fados is virtually context-free.

Dan Kois, Washington Post

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