Overview
You already know the legendary singer. For the first time, you'll get to know the woman behind the myth. The story of singing legend Amália Rodrigues who ruled the famous Portuguese acoustic guitar and vocals based music genre called fado.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $1.21M worldwide against a $3.5M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Portugal
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Setting
Set in Portugal
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Pedro Marta SantosScreenplay
- João TordoWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 4, 2008
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Budget
- $3.5M
- Revenue
- $1.2M
- Countries
- Portugal
Production
Cast
Sandra Barata BeloAmália
Ricardo CarriçoCésar Seabra
José FidalgoFrancisco da Cruz
António Pedro CerdeiraRicardo Espírito Santo
Sofia GrilloEspírito Santo's wife
Ricardo PereiraEduardo Ricciardi
Adriano CarvalhoSebastião Lima
Carla de SáNatália Correia
João DideletAry dos Santos
André MaiaAlain Oulman
Mário RedondoRui Valentim de Carvalho
António MontezAvô António, Amália's grandfather
Eurico LopesAlbertino Rodrigues, Amália's father
Ana PadrãoLucinda Rebordão, Amália's mother
Carla ChambelCeleste Rodrigues, Amália' sister
Leonor SeixasDetinha, Amália' sister- Luís FrancoVicente Rodrigues, Amália's brother
Susana MendesFilipina, Amália's sister-in-law
Maria Emília CorreiaCasimira, Amália's maid and confident
Sérgio Grilophotographer
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