Fados (2007)

Director:

Carlos Saura

Writers:

Carlos Saura
Ivan Dias

Release Date:

6 March 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Musical

Plot:

A drama steeped in Portugal's Fado music culture. |

Plot Keywords:

Fado | One Word Title

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Chico Buarque de Hollanda	...	Himself
Camané	...	Himself
Carlos do Carmo	...	Himself
Lila Downs	...	Herself
Toni Garrido	...	Himself
Lura	...	Herself
Alfredo Marceneiro	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mariza	...	Herself
Miguel Poveda	...	Himself
Amália Rodrigues	...	Herself (archive footage)
Argentina Santos	...	Herself
Ana Sofia Varela	...	Herself
Caetano Veloso	...	Himself

Directed by
Carlos Saura

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ivan Dias
Carlos Saura

Produced by
Ivan Dias	....	producer
Luís Galvão Teles	....	producer
Antonio Saura	....	producer
José Velasco	....	producer

Cinematography by
José Luis López-Linares
Eduardo Serra

Film Editing by
Julia Juaniz

Production Design by
Carlos Saura

Makeup Department
Carolina Madera	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Leslie Calvo	....	production manager
Mariana Erijimovich	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Manuel Fernández Pinedo	....	second assistant director
Ângela Sequeira	....	second assistant director

Sound Department
Daniel Bekerman	....	sound
Ricardo Viñas	....	dolby sound consultant

Camera and Electrical Department
Pedro Cardeira	....	first assistant camera
João Tiago Costa	....	camera operator
Sonia Eguren	....	second assistant camera
Iana Ferreira	....	first assistant camera
Ramiro Sabell hijo	....	video assist
Miguel Sales Lopes	....	camera operator
Jesús Villafáñez	....	gaffer (as Jesús Villafáñez González)

Casting Department
Raúl Pérez Pacheco	....	extras casting
Ángela Martín Suárez-Infiesta	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Miguel P. Gilaberte	....	digital intermediate colorist
Margarida Leitão	....	additional editor
Carolina Martínez Urbina	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Aarón Arce Pozueta	....	administrative assistant
Israel García Fernández	....	systems administrator
Mariana Koenders	....	production coordinator
Curro Muñoz	....	main and end titles

Production Companies

• Duvideo
• Fado Filmes
• Zebra Producciones

Distributors

• Cinemien (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Clorofilms (2008) (Romania) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• K Films Amerique (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• New Yorker Films (2007-2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• TFM Distribution (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gravitas Ventures (2009) (USA) (video) (VOD)
• Homescreen (2008) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Latido Films (2007) (Spain) (all media)
• Zeitgeist Films (2009) (USA) (all media)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:90 min | Argentina:93 min | Canada:85 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Portugal | Spain

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG | Portugal:M/6 (Qualidade) | Netherlands:AL | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Argentina:Atp | USA:Unrated | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Duvideo

Trivia:

This was the last film to be released in the United States by New Yorker Films.

awful film, mostly great music

this film is insulting. Fado is amazing music to be savored with a glass of wine or beer in a casa de fado or bar, it is not ballet or modern dance music. Saura had to extend his flamenco ideas (flamenco can be music and dance) to fado which apparently he doesn't understand and underestimates. It is just ridiculous having lovely svelte bodies twirling around with this music, some of which, in fact, is poorly chosen. Sorry, I love Chico and Caetano, but really, in a fado film? Give me a break. I've been to fado joints up and down the length of Portugal and 90 minutes in any single one of those was better than this nearly insufferable travesty. Also, in the version I watched, the song titles were displayed, but not the artists' names. Huh? Too bad he couldn't have thought this through a bit better. Has Saura ever been to Lisbon??????