Fados

Fados (2007)

  • 96% of critics liked it
    (27 reviews)

  • 79% of users liked it
    (1,321 ratings)

If references to the fado -- an ancient Portuguese form of music -- fail to strike a chord with even the most cultured American viewers, this is only attributable to the genre's longtime obscurity. A Portuguese musical mode borne out of early 19th century Lisbon, and characterized by long,… More

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Documentary, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International
In Theaters
Mar 6, 2009 Wide
New Yorker Films

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

    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.

  • Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

    Never is his film less than cinematic.

  • Tom Keogh, Seattle Times

    [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.

  • Dan Kois, Washington Post

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

  • V.A. Musetto, New York Post

    In total, there are more than a dozen performance pieces, all stylishly lensed.

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