Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion (2000)
Villa-Lobos - Uma Vida de Paixão (original title)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Antônio Fagundes	...	Heitor Villa-Lobos
	Marcos Palmeira	...	Young Heitor Villa-Lobos
	Letícia Spiller	...	Mindinha
	Ana Beatriz Nogueira	...	Lucília
	José Wilker	...	Donizetti
	Marieta Severo	...	Noemia
	Othon Bastos	...	Raul
	Emílio de Melo	...	Arthur Rubinstein
	Antonio Pitanga	...	Joaquim
	André Ricardo	...	Heitor Villa-Lobos as a child
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Antonio Abujamra	...	Director of Theatro Municipal
	Milton Gonçalves	...	Saxophonist (voice)
	Lucinha Lins	...	Villa-Lobo's aunt
	Laura Lustosa
	Paulo Moura	...	Saxophonist

Storyline

The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil. The story shows aging Villa-Lobos going to a gala concert in the Theatre of Rio de Janeiro for a tribute in his honor. This is the last time he is coming out of his house alive. His looks are feverish and attentive. Different scenes of the concert will bring back memories of his life. Villa-Lobos suffers a great many ordeals: the violence of his father, his mother's sadness, the disaffection of Lucilia, his first wife, the inability to have children, the unacceptance of his art, the possible loss of Mindinha, his great love, the abyss between genius and madness. The pieces of this game recreated chronologically conform the personality of Villa: energetic and fragile... Written by ElianaM  

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